Protecting your pet during an arctic blast
Director of Animal Services for Mobile Robert Bryant says if it’s too cold for you, it’s too cold for your pets.
Balancing Family, Leadership, and Legacy: Chat with Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis & Lucy Greer
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - In this episode of Entrepreneurial Shades of Gray, Dani and Chelsey sit down with newly elected Mayor of Mobile, Spiro Cheriogotis, and his wife Lucy Greer of Greer’s Markets, to talk about what it really looks like to lead in both business and public service - all under one roof.
Waste Management seeks Mobile County rural landfill expansion to accept garbage from 17 counties
Waste Management, the nation’s largest waste services company, is seeking approval to significantly expand operations at its Chastang Landfill in rural north Mobile County, a proposal that has sparked debate Monday over jurisdiction and oversight. The company is requesting a permit to increase the amount of...
I-10 crash prompts hazmat response in Mobile County
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Nov. 11, 2025 UPDATE (12:30 p.m.): The Alabama Department of Transportation is helping with traffic control on I-10 near the Grand Bay-Wilmer Road exit. “One eastbound lane remains closed while wrecker crews conduct recovery of the commercial vehicle,” an Alabama Law...
Central High School alumni get together to celebrate the iconic school’s history
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Alumni from Central High School, a Mobile school that closed down in 1970, are getting together to celebrate the school’s history. Central High School was an iconic school that opened in 1947 and closed in 1970 due to desegregation. Since it’s close this event has served as a way for alumni […]
Local Student at Bishop State Achieves National Milestone with 1,000,000th NC3 Certification
Gabriella Perkins, a dual enrollment student at Bishop State Community College and Mary G. Montgomery High School, has received the National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) 1,000,000th certification. She studies Aviation Manufacturing at the Faulkner Career Tech Center with instructor Dwayne Bowers. Through...
Alabama inmate dies at Donaldson Correctional Facility
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An Alabama man serving a life sentence at Donaldson Correctional Facility died over the weekend. Larry Wayne Whitehead, 63, was moved from the prison infirmary to UAB Hospital on October 31 for continued treatment of “natural disease,” according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office....
Pensacola police investigate homicide at Davis Highway workplace
Officers responded after an employee at AA Top Shop arrived for work Monday morning and discovered a man deceased inside an office.
Mobile father pleads guilty in death of 13-month-old daughter
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Nov. 10, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man has pleaded guilty to the 2023 death of his daughter, according to documents from the Circuit Court of Mobile County. Deandre Franklin withdrew his previous plea of not guilty and entered a guilty plea for felony […]
Bond conditions set for woman accused of robbery, assaulting an officer, and manslaughter
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Nov. 10, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Bond conditions have been set for a woman accused of robbery, assaulting an officer, and crashing her car while fleeing from police, which ultimately killed her son. Delyshia Molette was in court today for a bond review. Her bond […]
