Mobile AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A Mobile restaurant owner’s property was vandalized, and the whole incident was caught on camera. You may have seen it before driving along Hillcrest Road. The small green taxi parked outside of Benja’s Thai and Sushi restaurant is called a tuk tuk in Thailand, and that’s where the owner had it...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers arrested a man after he allegedly attempted to cash a check that he found. According to an MPD news release, officers were called to the Trustmark Bank on Dauphin Street before 1:30 p.m. on July 23. Officers said they arrived and found that the man, identified...

MOBILE, Alabama — Alabama’s aerospace industry reached new heights as Airbus announced the delivery of the 100th A220 aircraft produced at its U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, marking a major milestone for the site and for the state’s thriving aviation sector. The landmark aircraft, delivered to Breeze...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Fish washed ashore Thursday morning in Fairhope as part of a Jubilee — a natural phenomenon that only occurs in Tokyo and Mobile Bay. According to Dauphin Island Sea Lab Senior Marine Scientist Brian Dzwonkowski, the water in Mobile Bay gets hot during the summer, leading to the water not...

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story identified a different school in connection with this project. We regret the error. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Concerns about traffic have been raised over a new hotel in the works in Mobile. An old abandoned armory not far from the Springhill fire Station is the proposed...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) – A young mother shot inside her Fairhope apartment is now making a remarkable recovery. Just days after being shot several times, 27-year-old Cait Schott is making progress her family says is nothing short of incredible. As she’s already undergone several surgeries, her family said she’s...

A new report reveals the U.S. cities with the highest obesity rates amid increasing nationwide prevalence and most of them are in the South. The analysis from WalletHub compared 100 of the most-populated metro areas across 19 key indicators. These indicators were grouped into three categories: 1) obesity and...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A man from Pensacola has been indicted on two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in federal court. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, Jason Wayne Coleman, 41, is a previously convicted felon. For each count, he faces...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Marshalls on Airport Boulevard in Mobile closed Wednesday after a fire broke out. News 5 learned that Marshalls employees had noticed a smell of smoke in the store Wednesday morning. They immediately evacuated all employees and customers inside the store; everyone reportedly got out safely....

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has arrested the driver who struck and fatally injured a 70-year-old bicyclist just outside of Mobile on Saturday, July 19. Around 10 a.m. Jessie E. Forrest, 70, was fatally injured when the bicycle he was operating was struck from behind by the 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by...