Parent sues McGill-Toolen, Archdiocese of Mobile, among others, after urine incident and brain injury,...
UPDATE (4 p.m.): Mobile Police Department officials said there was an investigation into the incident involving two students at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School. “Our juvenile detectives did investigate this I’m told, but we can’t discuss the findings or the case now that it is with the courts,” said Public Affairs...
Mobile shooting leaves houses and vehicle damaged
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are investigating after a Tuesday morning shooting left multiple houses and a vehicle damaged, News 5 has learned. According to an MPD news release, officers were called to the 2400 block of Osage Street around 12:20 a.m. on Sept. 30 for a report of a shooting....
Mobile County jury hands death penalty to murderer
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A jury in Mobile County has returned a sentence for Jesse McClure, who was found guilty of murder, attempted murder, and animal cruelty on Sept. 29. According to a news release from Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood’s office, the same jury that found him guilty brought down a death...
Baldwin County construction worker files lawsuit over immigration raids
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A lawsuit was filed at the Mobile Federal Courthouse after a Baldwin County man said he was illegally detained by ICE two times this year. Leonardo Garcia Venegas said he was illegally detained by law enforcement despite telling officers he was in the country legally. The lawsuit claims that the...
Property owners in this Alabama city could soon face $4,000 fees for empty buildings
With Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s career winding down, he reflected Monday on an experience he had driving around the city’s downtown streets with executives of cruise companies. “They were on the passengers side and we passed by blight after blighted building,” Stimpson said about the tour he provided...
Prichard shooting victim in critical condition after being shot from behind, MCSO says
The smoke alarm blitz comes after a 5-year-old lost his life in a house fire in the neighborhood. 2 men face assault charges after victim hit with blunt object, MPD says. It happened early Sept. 27 at a gas station on Springhill Avenue. Church security concerns grow after Michigan shooting.
Mobile County man accused of threatening to kill police officers
Jeremy Conner, 25, was arrested Monday after police say he refused to leave the Walmart in Semmes. Chief Todd Freind says he made death threats toward responding officers. "He then started yelling obscenities saying he would 'shank' people in front of the store. When he was placed into custody, he told officers he...
Woman injured after Mobile shooting
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A woman was injured after a man fired shots at her early Tuesday morning, according to the Mobile Police Department. An MPD news release said officers responded to the intersection of Brill Road and Dauphin Island Parkway at about 1:19 a.m. Tuesday, in reference to a shooting. INCIDENT LOCATION:...
Truck crashes into house in Chickasaw
CHICKASAW, Ala. (WALA) - A truck crashed into a Chickasaw house this afternoon after the driver tried to avoid a crash with another vehicle, according to police. The wreck happened around 4 p.m. today on Chieftain Way near Kansas Street. According to Chickasaw police, the driver of the truck was...
Alabama mother sues Catholic school alleging student urinated on her son
A south Alabama mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that her son was bullied and urinated on by another student while attending a school controlled by the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed by Nichole Hollins in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, names the Archdiocese...

















