Mobile AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile County Public School System students received a record amount of college scholarships in one day, Monday, an MCPSS news release said. A record $250 million in college scholarships was offered Monday through a new state-wide initiative. The initiative allowed students to apply for multiple...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A project nearly two years in the making is officially complete in Mobile. The Dog River Derelict Vessel Removal Project, made possible through grant funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sought to clean abandoned vessels from Dog River. Since June 2023, more than...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On October 6, 1924, civil rights icon Joseph Lowery was born. Reportedly inspired by other leaders like Rosa Parks, Lowery led a boycott against the segregated bus system in Mobile, Alabama. Called the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement”, Lowery was a Methodist minister during the...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A disbarred lawyer from Mobile gave up his right to a preliminary hearing on fraud charges. Prosecutors allege that Darryl Blackmon continued receiving payments and offering legal services after he was no longer authorized to do so. According to the Alabama Bar Association, Blackmon was...

PRICHARD, Ala. (WKRG) — Dozens of Prichard residents who live in District 5 filled the pews of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Monday night to share what they want fixed in their neighborhoods. “Where are the lights, traffic lights? Where are the patrols? Where are the police? Someone needs to be monitoring...

WILMER, Ala. (WKRG) — A local mother is still searching for answers 10 days after her son was found injured and lying in the middle of Highway 98 in Wilmer. Matthew Wiggins was a 6’3, 285-pound “bundle of love,” according to his mother, Ginger Wiggins. “He was the best person. He loved everybody. He never […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Long before the big buildings and Port City as we know it -- there was Fort Conde. “What drives me is to understand our present and to do that you have to understand our past,” said Kyle Williams, Curator of Living History at History Museum of Mobile and Colonial Fort Conde.

Man gets probation, community service for fatal road rage shooting in Pima County. Jason Scott Jameson was given probation for four years and 200 hours of community service for killing Jeffrey Honer during an incident near Houghton and Snyder in March 2024. PCSD continues to navigate challenges with understaffing,...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A motorcyclist has died due to injuries from a crash in Mobile, News 5 has learned. According to the Mobile Police Department, officers responded to the intersection of University Boulevard and University Loop for a report of a crash between two vehicles on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 8:42 p.m. One of...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man has turned himself in to Mobile police in connection with an August shooting. According to Mobile Police Department officials, 22-year-old Derrick Williams-McGlasker turned himself in on Oct. 6. Officers were called to the 1600 block of St. Stephens Road around 3 a.m. on Aug. 31 for a...