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What started as a national lemonade stand franchise has grown into a homegrown program letting local kids dream up and sell their own coastal creations. Gulf Shores, Ala. – (OBA) – Local kids will take to the streets again, selling their wares at homemade stands at various locations around Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and south Baldwin County. Several are planning stands at The Wharf. Coastal Alabama...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from April 21, 2026 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Several Baldwin County cities have issued warnings about a new scam being sent to phones via text. According to a number of Facebook posts, including Daphne, Fairhope, and Orange Beach police departments, residents are receiving a text that […]

SEMMES, Ala. (WKRG) — The former coach of a teenager shot and killed in Wilmer shares memories of a life lost too soon. Keziah Luker’s former softball coach, Briauna Capps, was heartbroken to hear what happened to an athlete she says had a promising future. The softball coach said she loved 17-year-old Keziah Luker. Capps […]

Editor’s note: The article below mentions graphic descriptions of violence. Readers’ discretion is advised. WILMER, Ala. (WKRG) — A close family friend is searching for answers as no arrests have been made after a woman, her pregnant teenage daughter, and young son were found murdered inside their Wilmer home on Auble Moody Road just west […]

Mobile and the nation are observing Crime Victims Awareness Week. Each year, District Attorney Keith Blackwood and staff invite families who have lost loved ones to violent crime to attend a special vigil and remembrance. That event happened Tuesday evening in the atrium of Government Plaza. Each year one of...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The city’s planned new animal shelter, which is headed for approval by the City Council, is winning praise from former skeptics. If the Mobile City Council approves the construction contract, as expected, the new facility will rise at the site of a former television studio on the West Interstate 65 Service Road. The design calls for 120 double-sided, climate-controlled...

Little Feat isn’t ready to give up the road just yet. The band just announced a set of fall dates for their The Last Farewell Tour, with the trek now running through November. The new dates begin Sept. 10 in Nashville, and include stops in Asheville, North Carolina; Charleston,...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is working to track down who is responsible for killing Lisa Fields and her two children, Thomas Cordelle and Keziah Luker, along with Luker’s unborn child. The investigation comes about a month after investigators spent several weeks searching for...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - Employees and customers at Eastern Shore Toyota got a sweet chocolate treat today thanks to Penelope House and the winner of this year’s Mobile Chocolate Festival bakeoff. The Chocolate Festival is Penelope House’s biggest fundraiser of the year, helping it pay for programs that support...

The National Weather Service released a rip current statement at 2:17 p.m. on Tuesday valid from Wednesday 7 p.m. until Thursday 6 p.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties. The weather service informs, "Dangerous rip currents expected." "Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water,"...