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UPDATE (6 p.m.): News 5 is hearing from the Dollar General employee whose 911 call led deputies to uncover months of neglect involving a 14-year-old girl. Jessica Smitherman says she called for help after seeing the girl stumbling outside the store. “She looked like she had not had a bath; all of her clothes had […]

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 8, 2026 THEODORE, Ala. (WKRG) — A new year is bringing a new home to a family in Theodore through Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Alabama. According to a Habitat for Humanity news release, Samuel Walwyn and Arelis Ballart will receive the keys to their […]

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 8, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile police say a woman attempted to take another woman’s car at a gas station on Springhill Avenue. Officers were called to the Energizer Service Station at 3551 Springhill Ave., on Wednesday, around 5:57 a.m. for a reported...

SEMMES, Ala. (WALA) - 911 transcripts reveal what Johnny Bowman Jr., owner of Bowman’s Auto Air, told 911 operators after he got into a shootout with Semmes police inside his business on Jan. 4. The gunfire started while officers were investigating a possible burglary at the business. Shortly after...

One of coastal Alabama’s favorite fast-food chains is making a momentous change this weekend: After almost 26 years, it’s shutting down the store where it served its very first chicken finger. Fear not, Foo fans. You aren’t being left in the lurch. It was April 2000 when...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 8, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The original location of the Mobile-based fast-food restaurant, Foosackly’s, is closing its doors. The location at University Boulevard near Grelot Road will close for its final time on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 10 p.m. That restaurant was...

MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — Mobile and Pensacola both have vigils scheduled Thursday 1/8/25 for Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by ICE officers Wednesday. Pensacola's event will be at 4 p.m. at Graffiti Bridge. Mobile's event will be at 5 p.m. at Cathedral Square. Participants are asked...

ALABAMA — Mobile police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a robbery suspect caught on surveillance video. According to the Mobile Police Department, a man is suspected of robbing a person in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store on Navco Road. Police said the robbery occurred at approximately 3:25...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 8, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man and woman accused of a standoff in Mobile on Saturday and shooting a Mobile Police officer have pleaded not guilty to the allegations. 27-year-old Justin Senia and 34-year-old Arielle Perreault appeared in court on Thursday and...

A young student and an elementary school teacher are recovering after being attacked by two dogs outside a school in Alabama. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, nine-year-old Landin Williamson was running toward Collins-Rhodes Elementary School in Prichard after being dropped off by his mother when the dogs suddenly attacked, Fox...