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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Millions of people headed to stores Christmas Eve to pick up last-minute gifts, with many retailers opening early to accommodate the holiday rush. A record number of shoppers spent the past weekend ordering or picking up last-minute gifts, but Christmas Eve proved just as busy. Many stores in...

Baldwin County’s incoming wholesale store has officially broken ground. BJ’s Wholesale will soon have a second location in Alabama, following just a few years after its grand opening in Huntsville. Company and local officials gathered at the site last week for a groundbreaking ceremony. “This will be the...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 23, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile police are investigating a shooting that injured a man over the weekend, News 5 has learned. According to the Mobile Police Department, officers responded to a shooting call in the 1400 block of Druid Drive on Friday, Dec. […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A now-former Mount Vernon police officer at the center of a controversial arrest is involved in a federal civil lawsuit. This comes after a FOX10 investigation uncovered leaked body camera and surveillance video from May 10 showing officer Newman Brazier dragging, tasing and pepper-spraying a...

ALABAMA — Police are investigating after a person was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night in Mobile. According to the Mobile Police Department, officers responded to a reported robbery around 8:03 p.m. on Dec. 23 in the 1200 block of Hercules Street. During the investigation, officers determined that a male victim was...

Newly released court documents reveal new details about a family's response to the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, who died aboard a cruise ship last month.

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 23, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers have arrested two people in connection with two separate alleged robberies. According to the MPD, officers responded to Lowe’s at 7760 Airport Boulevard on Friday, Dec. 19, regarding a robbery. INCIDENT...

Airbus is marking a major milestone at its U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile — a decade of commercial aircraft production on Alabama soil. Since launching operations in 2015 with a team of around 300, Airbus has grown into a major force in the nation’s aerospace sector. Today, the Mobile site employs more than...

Cleighton Strickland, the 2025 Daphne High School graduate, has been fighting quietly, resting in a semi-conscious state after a severe car accident in Auburn, Alabama. His life went from living the best life as a college freshman in Auburn to fighting for survival. Cleighton Strickland, a recent 2025 graduate and...

Alabama Agriculture Project Brings Christmas Trees and Holiday Joy to Marines in North Carolina. The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries has announced a heartwarming outcome from one of its efforts to strengthen and modernize Christmas tree production across the state. A research project conducted in...