‘It’s just so rewarding’: Mobile County Public Schools accepting formalwear for low income students
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Ruffles, feathers, and sparkles are all ingredients that bring a Mardi Gras outfit to life. But after the ball, your dress usually retires and starts collecting dust in your closet. Imagine you could take your Mardi Gras glamour to change a child’s life. “It’s just so rewarding and fun to see...
Lineup announced for 11th Annual MudBottom Revival Music Festival in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The 11th Annual MudBottom Revival Music Festival has been set for April and includes a lineup of folk and bluegrass musicians, according to organizers. According to a Dog River Clearwater Revival news release, the annual fundraiser is set for Sunday, April 19, from 2-6 p.m. at Bender Point, 3619...
Free tax help available to eligible Mobile County residents
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 4, 2026 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Residents in Mobile County who need help filing their taxes can get that help through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, according to the United Way of Southwest Alabama. “The VITA program helps individuals and families...
Sisters Have Massive Double Wedding, Continuing Family Tradition (Exclusive)
"The day felt surreal in the best way," one of the brides, Hallet Marquez, tells PEOPLE
Long vacant Dauphin St. properties being cited for being unsafe, unsecured
MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — Downtown resident Jerry Smith decided to take a stroll today for lunch to a restaurant on Dauphin Street. For him, that means a ride on his motorized wheelchair. But to get there, he had to make his way past 470 Dauphin Street... a property long...
Fairhope duck safely rescued after beak caught on fishing lure
FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - A landscaper jumped into a subdivision pond to rescue a duck that had been swimming for days with a fishing lure hooked through its beak. Residents in Fairhope’s Fox Hollow subdivision spotted the duck with the lure penetrating through the top and bottom of its beak, leaving its mouth fastened...
Mobile County deputies working with Homeland Security, FBI in case of missing family
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is coordinating with multiple law enforcement agencies as the search for a missing family continues. According to a news release, the MCSO is working with Homeland Security Investigations, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and the Federal Bureau of...
Two more downtown Dauphin Street storefronts declared “nuisance properties”
Two additional Downtown Mobile properties owned by Walker Brothers Investments have been declared nuisances by city code enforcement. Wednesday, we told you about a vacant property at 470 Dauphin Street, with the city declaring that the property "requires emergency action" after a wall collapsed last weekend. We also...
Mobile detective says ‘voices’ in suspect’s head told him to shoot officers in ambush
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — New details about the suspects accused of shooting a police officer during a standoff in Midtown Mobile. Mobile Police Department Detective Kenyada Taylor testified in Justin Senia and Arielle Perrault’s preliminary hearing Thursday morning, recounting what she learned from interviewing the...
Without Malice: The History of the Comic Cowboys
“In all the years of day parades, devoted to absurdity pure and simple, nothing funnier has ever been seen than the burlesque pageant of Doctor Cutter’s Wildest Western Show originated and carried out to exemplify the untamable and unquenchable vim of Mobile flat marksmanship.”. The Daily Register so described...
