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UPDATE (6:15 p.m.): News 5 has learned the missing teen has been found and is safe. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Police Department is looking for a missing teen, 19-year-old Unique Lashawn Caver. Caver was last seen near the 6200 block of Airport Boulevard. LAST SEEN: Due to a medical condition that requires...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) —Garbage piling up, safety hazards, and wildlife roaming the grounds have all become commonplace, a tenant from the Crossings at Pinebrook says. Residents say their complaints have been ignored, but News 5 was able to get some answers. Management blames the problem on a broken trash compactor and...

Mobile, Ala. (WKRG) — A brand new $600,000 playground opened at Figures Park in the Toulminville community of Mobile on Wednesday morning. However, this isn’t an ordinary playground. The designers were people who know playgrounds the best: children. “What makes this playground special is that the kids actually...

A new investment in a Mobile airport facility could represent an important puzzle piece of the city’s aerospace future. This week, the Mobile Airport Authority discussed a company’s plan not just to rent a World War II-era hangar, but to invest in “significant improvements.” The company likely will put $2 million to...

UPDATE: Beau Igo has been discovered safe in Harrison County, Mississippi, authorities said Wednesday. EARLIER STORY: CrimeStoppers 215-STOP is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads police to a missing Mississippi teen who authorities believe may be in south Mobile County. Beau Igo, 15, was last seen on...

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A Mobile restaurant owner’s property was vandalized, and the whole incident was caught on camera. You may have seen it before driving along Hillcrest Road. The small green taxi parked outside of Benja’s Thai and Sushi restaurant is called a tuk tuk in Thailand, and that’s where the owner had it...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers arrested a man after he allegedly attempted to cash a check that he found. According to an MPD news release, officers were called to the Trustmark Bank on Dauphin Street before 1:30 p.m. on July 23. Officers said they arrived and found that the man, identified...

MOBILE, Alabama — Alabama’s aerospace industry reached new heights as Airbus announced the delivery of the 100th A220 aircraft produced at its U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, marking a major milestone for the site and for the state’s thriving aviation sector. The landmark aircraft, delivered to Breeze...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Fish washed ashore Thursday morning in Fairhope as part of a Jubilee — a natural phenomenon that only occurs in Tokyo and Mobile Bay. According to Dauphin Island Sea Lab Senior Marine Scientist Brian Dzwonkowski, the water in Mobile Bay gets hot during the summer, leading to the water not...

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story identified a different school in connection with this project. We regret the error. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Concerns about traffic have been raised over a new hotel in the works in Mobile. An old abandoned armory not far from the Springhill fire Station is the proposed...