Grand jury to consider murder charge in Prichard shooting on First Avenue
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A grand jury will consider a murder charge against a Mobile man accused of gunning down a man in Prichard in June. The shooting happened June 8 in the 900 block of First Avenue. Mobile County sheriff’s deputies allege that Kerry Robbins shot Willie Smith several...
Mobile woman says Dumas Wesley took her from homeless to homeowner
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — When Betty Fain first arrived in Mobile, she said she had hit rock bottom, cut off from family, and was battling addiction. “I had burned all my bridges. I had nowhere to stay. I was sleeping in abandoned houses, but doing all of this from time to time, I was still […]
Week of immigration enforcement actions in Baldwin, Mobile counties nets 20
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — According to FBI Mobile, during the week of 8/18/25 immigration enforcement actions across Mobile and Baldwin Counties resulted in the arrest of 19 individuals and the recovery of one unaccompanied alien child (UAC). At least 4 of the 19 had prior criminal histories. HSI,...
Father and son steal $774,000 from elderly woman, court documents say
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A father and son are accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly Mobile woman. Investigators say 54-year-old Charles Cook and his son, 30-year-old Dillon Cook, own a local lawn care company and worked for the victim. Court documents show The Cooks took...
Man sentenced to 20 years after deadly DUI crash on Highway 45
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to killing a Mobile County man while driving under the influence. According to the District Attorney’s Office, 34-year-old Clayton Geter was booked into metro today to serve his sentence. In 2022, Geter crashed...
Baldwin County woman arrested for electronic stalking
LOXLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — What started as a breakup ended with an arrest when a Baldwin County woman was accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend by putting a tracking device on his car. Investigators with the Loxley Police Department say 42-year-old Sue Bliss of Fairhope placed a magnetic tracking device on her...
FBI Mobile operation leads to 18 arrests, recovered child
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The FBI’s Mobile Division made multiple arrests and recovered a child during a recent operation, News 5 has learned. Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said that since Aug. 18, they have arrested 18 people in the country who were here illegally and recovered one “unaccompanied...
SBC Megachurch—Once Largest in Alabama—Lists Its Property for Sale
An Alabama church that once was among the largest in the Southern Baptist Convention is selling its 19-acre property and downsizing. The property of Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile is now listed for sale for $28.5 million. Current pastor Lee Merck confirmed to numerous media outlets the sale is...
Downtown Mobile shooting update: Second arrest made
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile police say a second man has been arrested in connection with an Aug. 10 shooting in Downtown Mobile that injured two people. According to an MPD news release, on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at about 10:46 p.m., 23-year-old Robert Kyles of Irvington turned himself in to Metro Jail. He was charged […]
Mobile Housing Authority chairman denies former director’s claims
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The former Director of the Mobile Housing Authority spoke publicly for the first time since being fired. Michael Pierce was let go in early July after complaints were filed about housing conditions, as the Housing Authority closed a number of housing projects over the last five years Pierce now...
