Mobile AL

Action Roofing Services, a member of the Peak Roofing Partners Family of Companies, has opened its sixth location in Pensacola, marking the company’s first expansion that will serve customers beyond Florida state lines. This move extends the company’s nearly 40 years of roofing expertise to homeowners and businesses...

During its fifth anniversary celebration, nonprofit Stand Up Mobile invited attendees to reflect on voting rights history’s impact on ballot access today. The organization, founded in Mobile in 2021, is a nonpartisan advocacy aimed at improving voter empowerment, education and turnout. Stand Up Mobile was originally...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Laissez les bons temps rouler! That’s right. The good times can now officially roll because this year’s Mobile Mask, the reveler’s guide to Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, is on stands now. Find the most comprehensive parade, ball and event schedules, route maps...

ALABAMA — A Mobile man was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer Monday morning, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. In a news release, officials said 34-year-old Trent Booker II died after the vehicle he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer. Booker was pronounced dead at the scene. The...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Volunteers are working to improve and preserve parts of Fairhope’s History. The Hope Community is trying to build a legacy at the site of the city’s first Black school. The Hope Community is a non-profit group that’s been around for about a decade. It’s built on what they describe as...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 12, 2026 FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Foley is set to increase its support for the annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival. The city council voted on Monday, Jan. 5, to increase funding for the festival, which is held every May by […]

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 13, 2026 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man was killed in a crash Monday morning, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. An ALEA news release said 34-year-old Trent Booker II was killed after his vehicle crashed with a tractor-trailer. Booker was...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Barry Glisson was officially sworn in as Mobile’s new fire chief Monday, capping a career that began with the department in 2004. The city honored Glisson’s dedication, leadership, and years of service to the department and community during a special ceremony. “It’s surreal, really,...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Daphne City Council will soon vote on raising the city’s gas tax, a measure that if approved would triple the current tax. According to Daphne city officials, if the proposed increase goes through, the gas tax would increase from one cent to three cents per gallon, generating about $400,000...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A jury on Monday found a man not guilty of capital murder in the shooting death of a man in the Maysville community. It was the second time Isaac Douglas Bell, 43, of Mobile, had been tried in the case. He also faced a capital murder charge in an unrelated case nearly a quarter-century ago.