Mobile AL

CHICKASAW, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile County Sheriff’s Office deputies are searching for a man they said is “armed and dangerous.” MCSO officials said deputies went to a home on Myrtlewood Avenue, where they were told Ronald Coley Jr. was barricaded inside. Deputies were able to enter the home, but Coley was not still...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - IN-DEPTH WITH SARAH WALL: A number of new laws are now in effect across the Gulf Coast. Laws regarding everything from shark safety to protections for law enforcement to prenatal care. We are taking at look at what these laws are and how they may impact you.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Fire-Rescue Department officials rescued a man after he fell into a hole Thursday morning at the Alabama Shipyard. According to Mobile Police Department officials, MFRD was called to the shipyard around 8:15 a.m. for a report of a technical rescue. They arrived and found a man had fallen...

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash Wednesday evening on Highway 613. According to MHP, the collision occurred around 7:15 p.m. when a 2020 Toyota Highlander driven by 68-year-old Lillian Byrd, of Lucedale, was traveling north on Highway 613 and collided with a 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 2500...

UPDATE (3:45 p.m.): News 5 has learned more about a Thursday fire that occurred on Moffett Road. The Mobile Fire and Rescue Department responded to the 3700 block of Moffett Road this afternoon. INCIDENT LOCATION: Officials said they believe a vehicle fire “ignited a home nearby where a female victim received a burn...

Discount retailer Ollie's Bargain Outlet is opening nine new stores this month, many of which will take over shuttered Big Lots locations.

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — Walter Thames, Sr. was booked into Mobile Metro Jail Thursday morning on a murder charge. The 75-year-old is accused of shooting Patricia Wheat Odoms shortly after midnight on July 4th. She died nine days later. "We aren't really sure what happened," said her daughter Alisha...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Four men accused of participating in a rolling gunbattle on Interstate 65 in Saraland in September last year will be tried as adults, a judge ruled Thursday. Attorneys for the defendants had asked that they be treated as “youthful offenders,” which would have sealed their records...

ROBERTSDALE, Ala. (WKRG) — Robertsdale Police Department officers have arrested a man accused of attacking a teenager at a park. According to officials, James Matthew Ott was arrested after the alleged Sept. 25 assault, which reportedly occurred in the early morning hours at Garrett Park. INCIDENT LOCATION: RPD...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A jury will decide whether Roy Adams Jr. is guilty of homicide by vehicle, but had the “Back the Blue” law been in force at the time, he might not have had to wait for a jury. That law, which took effect Wednesday, offers...