Dense fog advisory in place for Southwest Alabama Saturday morning – visibility limited to...
On Saturday at 5:34 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory in effect until 8 a.m. for Washington, Clarke, Monroe, Conecuh, Escambia, Covington, Mobile and Baldwin counties. The weather service states to expect, "Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog." "Low visibility could make...
Baldwin County Receives Over $1.5 Million for New Orange Beach Recycling Facility
The facility will accept everything from plastics to electronics when it opens next year. Orange Beach, Ala. — (OBA) — Baldwin County is getting a major boost for its recycling efforts thanks to more than $1.5 million in GOMESA funding. The Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Baldwin County received the grant to build...
Man shot at University of South Alabama, suspect still on loose
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police and Campus Police are investigating after a man was shot at the University of South Alabama’s Central House Apartments. University officials say that USA owns the property but does not manage the apartments. Officials say it occurred at 6:50 pm. Witnesses on scene claim to have...
Mobile PD investigating fatal stabbing
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A man is dead following a stabbing this afternoon in the 7500 block of Old Pascagoula Road. Officer Roderick Miles, a Mobile Police Department spokesman, said officers were called to the scene around 4:30 p.m. He said the victim and the suspect knew each other, but it is unclear what led to the...
Baldwin County officials update turning lane construction
FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) - The Baldwin County Commission posted on its Facebook page updates on work on turning lanes in the county. The first phase—adding turn lanes on Michigan St (CR 26)—is nearly complete, and crews will soon begin work on phase II adding new turn lanes along Hickory St.
County Road 64 in Baldwin County to close temporarily
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Nov. 14, 2025 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — County Road 64 at the Styx River Bridge in Baldwin County will close next week as crews perform inspections and maintenance on the bridge, according to a Baldwin County Highway Department news release. According to the release,...
Baldwin County rolls out new drive-up recycle facility
SUMMERDALE, Ala. (WKRG) — Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Baldwin County opened its new “Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials” facility during its “America Recycles Day” celebration on Saturday. “Today we have the grand opening of our Magnolia “CHaRM” facility, which is adjacent to our new material recovery...
MAWSS Responds to Sewer Overflow on Richmond Drive; Residents Urged to Avoid Hamilton Creek
On November 13, 2025, the Mobile Area Water & Sewer System (MAWSS) responded to a sanitary sewer overflow at 2910 Richmond Drive in Mobile, Alabama. The overflow was caused by a grease blockage. About 3,680 gallons of wastewater entered Hamilton Creek. MAWSS crews have cleared the blockage and are taking steps to...
‘Hermit hut’: Fundraising goal reached to relocate historic igloo in Fairhope
Henry Stuart welcomed famed attorney Clarence Darrow inside his hand-built concrete hut six times, meetings of an eclectic storyteller and the iconic lawyer who defended a teacher accused of teaching evolution in the Scopes “Monkey” Trial. Nearly a century later, the odd-shaped igloo that inspired a novel and...
Defense shines as Alabama State smothers Mississippi Valley State 41-3
MOBILE, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama State Hornets started with a single sting against rival Mississippi Valley State in the first quarter. Then, there was another in the second, sending ASU to the locker room up 13-0. By the game’s end, it was a swarm, with a particularly brutal third coming out of halftime in which...
