Mobile man sentenced to prison for illegal machine gun possession
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 1, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man has been sentenced to prison time on a machine gun possession charge. According to a Department of Justice news release, 20-year-old Braedan Matthew Thomas was sentenced to a year and one day in prison on one […]
UPDATE: Man dies in fiery Mobile County crash
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 2, 2026 UPDATE (1:18 p.m.): News 5 has learned more about a crash on Kushla McLeod Road, just west of Highway 45 in Mobile County. First responders are at the scene of a fatal crash involving a cement truck. A witness tells News 5 that […]
Mobile police say 70 to 80 shots fired into home
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 2, 2026 UPDATE (10:45 a.m.): News 5 is learning more information about a shooting in Mobile Tuesday night. According to MPD officials, one of the homes was shot into 70 to 80 times. An officer said that home looked like “a cheese grater” after the […]
4 arrested after parents get into fight at school, authorities say
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department said four people were arrested after an incident at Fonde Elementary School today in which police confirmed one person was tased. Authorities have not yet released the names of those arrested or details about the incident at the school on Cottage Hill...
Baldwin County inmate faces new contraband charge
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - A man already accused of bringing drug paraphernalia into another jail is facing new contraband charges in Baldwin County. Michael Leddick is accused of promoting prison contraband at the Baldwin County Corrections Center on Aug. 27. According to a criminal complaint, Leddick was an inmate
New student-built website finds homeless in Mobile vetted boarding homes
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An estimated 3,000 people are facing homelessness in Mobile. But local advocates said the core issue isn’t always a lack of money—it’s a lack of connection. A new, student-built website is now bridging that gap. “It really has changed my life,” said Isaiah Bruce. “My life for a long time, I […]
Baldwin County widower shares how her late wife helped advance cancer research
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A newly approved pancreatic cancer medication could give some patients more time, marking a milestone one Baldwin County woman hoped to see during her own fight against the disease. Betty Owen knew the pancreatic cancer treatment she was trying might not save her life but hoped her experie
Mobile mayor hints at proper train station for Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - One of the most common complaints about the Amtrak train service in the Port City is a lack of a proper station – or even a covered platform. Currently, passengers have to stand on a metal platform as they wait for the train to board.
Family struggles after lightning strike destroys Chickasaw home
CHICKASAW, Ala. (WKRG) — A family in Chickasaw is trying to figure out what to do next after a fire destroyed their home. The home went up in a flash during powerful storms last month. Shavelle Campbell says they’re lucky they escaped unharmed after everything they had was literally destroyed in a flash. Shavelle Campb
Mother raises concerns after B.C. Rain student gets sick from teacher’s brownie
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The mother of a B.C. Rain High School freshman is raising concerns after her son became sick Monday after eating a brownie handed out by a teacher during math class. According to a source with the Mobile County Public Schools, seven B.C. Rain students were sick after eating brownies that a […]
