Mobile AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A woman from Wilmer has been found guilty in regard to a fatal crash that occurred in 2021. Elizabeth Sprinkle, 57, was found guilty by a Mobile County jury of criminally negligent homicide, a release from the office of District Attorney Keith Blackwood said. Johnthan Neesmith, a tow truck...

Over half of registered voters are not confident in medical information cited by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a new poll.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are investigating after two people were injured in a crash involving three vehicles, one of which allegedly left the scene. According to officials, the crash happened on Tuesday, Sept. 23, on Airport Boulevard near Mayflower Street. INCIDENT LOCATION: Both...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are now investigating a death from August as a homicide, and they have arrested a suspect, News 5 has learned. According to an MPD news release, 52-year-old Jennifer Glaude was found unresponsive at a home on Labrador Run South on Aug. 14. INCIDENT LOCATION:...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile police responded to a report of a car break-in at a local business, according to a news release. According to an MPD news release, officers were called to America’s Thrift Store at 5441 Highway 90 at about 10 p.m. Tuesday in reference to a vehicle burglary. When officers arrived, the […]

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Surf’s up and hang ten! This windboarder caught some action near the Fairhope Pier. WKRG News 5 Photojournalist Jason Garcia captured this stunning footage of a windboarder cruising at 16 miles per hour at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday in Fairhope. However, the footage left some of us in the...

UPDATE (12:30 p.m.): According to officials, the vehicle had a mechanical failure, leading to it going off the road and hitting the church. UPDATE (10:30 a.m.): Fire officials have released more details about a Thursday morning blaze at a Citronelle church. According to officials, a woman was driving down Highway 45...

SATSUMA, Ala. (WKRG) — A big moment for one Satsuma High School junior, as over the weekend she was crowned Miss Alabama Teen USA. “It was just so exciting, and when they called my name, I really couldn’t believe it,” said 16-year-old Britain Fuller. “And I knew to give all the glory to God.” Fuller […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A jury deliberated for about a half-hour Wednesday before finding a man not guilty of murder in a cold case dating to 2014. A grand jury indicted Billie Joe Turner, 48, of Mobile, in December 2023. Prosecutors alleged that he ran over Charles Jackson Jr. with a vehicle, beat him and left him for...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man has been arrested in connection with several thefts, according to police. According to a Mobile Police Department news release, officers investigating multiple theft of property incidents found the man they suspected on Tuesday evening at about 7 p.m. Several utility trailers had...