Mobile AL

LOXLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — Global steel manufacturer BUTTING USA broke ground on its new U.S. headquarters in Loxley. The $61 million investment will bring 100 high-quality jobs to Baldwin County, according to Marcel Bartels, CEO of Division Plant Construction of BUTTING Group. The 58-acre site in the Loxley Industrial...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A man charged with murder is back behind bars. Jail records show Derrell Maye was arrested Nov. 12 and charged with trafficking marijuana and synthetic marijuana, use/possession of drugs and attempt to elude. In 2024, Maye was charged with murder, attempted murder and reckless endangerment...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A call about dogs running loose at a home in Mobile led City of Mobile Animal Services to a much larger situation than they expected. Director of City of Mobile Animal Services, Robert Bryant, told News 5 that they received the call about a week ago. “Our animal control officers were […]

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Nov. 14, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers arrested a man after a female was found Thursday night with life-threatening stab wounds. According to an MPD news release, 43-year-old Ronald Mims II was arrested and charged with attempted murder....

MOBILE, ALABAMA — A man dubbed an Alabama “porch pirate” has been arrested after police say he was caught red-handed with multiple stolen packages in his vehicle, ending what appears to be a string of doorstep thefts across Mobile County. According to the Mobile Police Department, officers...

Organizers of Mobile’s MoonPie Over Mobile festivities revealed Thursday that a change is coming to one of the signature features of the New Year’s Eve event. MoonPie Over Mobile has, for years, featured the cutting of “the world’s largest edible MoonPie,” so called because it’s the biggest thing that Chattanooga...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile Police said they are investigating a stabbing that occurred in a parking lot at the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Hillcrest Road. Police said an adult female was stabbed multiple times in her upper body by a known male subject. The victim’s injuries are life-threatening,...

The Mobile Police Department says the victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A judge on Thursday imposed a life prison sentence on a Theodore man convicted of killing a man and wounding his girlfriend. During the sentencing hearing, Mobile County Circuit Judge Michael Windom learned from relatives of the victims that their families and defendant Alfred Lee Johnson’s...

Video above: On Oct 28, 2025, two men shot each other outside a home on Rex Drive MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The suspect in an Oct. 28 shooting that left two men hospitalized has been arrested, according to the Mobile Police Department. Angernon Simmons, 29, of Mobile, was arrested after being released from the hospital,...