Mobile AL

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) – A young mother shot inside her Fairhope apartment is now making a remarkable recovery. Just days after being shot several times, 27-year-old Cait Schott is making progress her family says is nothing short of incredible. As she’s already undergone several surgeries, her family said she’s...

A new report reveals the U.S. cities with the highest obesity rates amid increasing nationwide prevalence and most of them are in the South. The analysis from WalletHub compared 100 of the most-populated metro areas across 19 key indicators. These indicators were grouped into three categories: 1) obesity and...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A man from Pensacola has been indicted on two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in federal court. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, Jason Wayne Coleman, 41, is a previously convicted felon. For each count, he faces...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Marshalls on Airport Boulevard in Mobile closed Wednesday after a fire broke out. News 5 learned that Marshalls employees had noticed a smell of smoke in the store Wednesday morning. They immediately evacuated all employees and customers inside the store; everyone reportedly got out safely....

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has arrested the driver who struck and fatally injured a 70-year-old bicyclist just outside of Mobile on Saturday, July 19. Around 10 a.m. Jessie E. Forrest, 70, was fatally injured when the bicycle he was operating was struck from behind by the 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by...

CITRONELLE, Ala. (WKRG) — A woman from Vinegar Bend, Alabama is trying to get her life back together after nearly dying in a serious car crash last year. She says the biggest challenge has been trying to get back to normal. It’s been more than half a year since Madison Bivens nearly died in a […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — According to Mobile Police, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m., officers responded to 2453 Old Shell Road (ABC Store) in reference to a male subject walking out of the store with unpaid merchandise. It was discovered the subject walked into the store,...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - City workers are making a map of Mobile – but not an ordinary street map. This one is not looking at where roads and businesses are. It is documenting what’s underneath the streets. It’s part of an effort to address a problem that has...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - CrimeStoppers 215-STOP is offering a cash award for information that helps police find a missing Mississippi teen who authorities say could be in south Mobile County. According to Gautier, Miss., police, 15-year-old Beau Igo was last seen Friday, July 18, near Sioux Bayou Drive in...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — While most students in Mobile are still enjoying the summer, students at Fonde Elementary School are already back in the classroom. The school is the only one in Mobile that operates on a year-round calendar. Administrators and teachers say this unique schedule is paying off. “I am very...