Mobile AL

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 14, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A woman suspected of causing $17,000 worth of damage at a car dealership faces new charges. According to the Mobile Police Department, Regina Stanley now has additional charges of first-degree criminal mischief and use/possession of drug...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - IN-DEPTH WITH SARAH WALL: A new warning about the dangers AI chatbots pose for teenagers. This, after a new study finds the majority of teens have used a chatbot at least once. We are looking at what our teenagers are using the chatbots for, why officials say they can be especially harmful to...

The warnings sound familiar to those issued nearly a year ago. Snow is arriving, and weather models suggest only a few inches, if that. Coastal Alabama residents know how that turned out. Century old records were shattered when a rare snowstorm blanketed the Alabama Gulf Coast on Jan. 21, 2025,...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 15, 2026 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested a man they said ran from Metro Jail before being booked. According to an MCSO Facebook post, Joshua Burton Dillard was ordered to attend drug rehab, but he was kicked out […]

SUMMERDALE, Ala. (WALA) - A Baldwin County contractor now faces six criminal charges after more alleged victims came forward following his initial arrest in November. Hunter Mikkelsen was first arrested and charged with two felonies after Rick Tietsort of Summerdale filed a police report. Tietsort said he paid...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The former operations manager of the Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board intends to plead guilty in a corruption case, according to a filing Thursday in federal court. Two other defendants quickly followed suit and informed the court they also will plead guilty in the case.

FLORIDA — A traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Baldwin County led to the arrest of a man and the discovery of 65 pounds of marijuana, according to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. In a news release, deputies said a vehicle was stopped on Interstate 10 near mile marker 58 on January 14. The driver was identified as...

Video above: Traffic on I-10 westbound in Mobile crawls after a motorcycle crash. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Drivers on I-10 in Mobile can expect delays after a Tuesday crash. There is a wreck on I-10 westbound at the Dauphin Island Parkway exit 22. News 5 observed a motorcycle involved in the crash, and paramedics are […]

Future USNS Lansing (EPF 16) christened by co-sponsors Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Congresswoman Lisa McClain. MOBILE, Ala. –The final U.S. Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship – future USNS Lansing (EPF 16) – was christened at a ceremony today at Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility. The...

MOBILE, Alabama (Jan. 13, 2026) — To continue to advance efforts to eliminate cervical cancer, USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI) hosted the 2026 WIPE OUT Cervical Cancer Summit Jan. 9, bringing together health leaders and community partners from across the state. Partners included the University of Alabama...