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A 74-year-old man was struck and killed by a Mobile police officer driving on Interstate 10 early Tuesday. According to the Mobile police department, the officer, who has not been identified, was driving westbound on I-10 near Riviere Du Chien Road about 2:16 a.m. Tuesday. Police said preliminary investigation indicates...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Chaos erupted outside a Chevron Gas Station after an argument led to an exchange of gunfire, and it’s all caught on camera. Fortunately, nobody was injured inside the store. Mobile Police are investigating a shooting at a Chevron Gas Station on Spring Hill Avenue that happened Friday night. WKRG News 5 […]

An 11-year-old girl who vanished from Mobile 10 days ago may need medical attention and is possibly with a man, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Jillian Quinn disappeared May 26, the organization said. Jillian may also be traveling with an adult male, is possibly in...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile Police said they are investigating a shooting from Sunday, June 4 that killed a 31-year-old man. Police said they responded to the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Hillcrest Road around 1:30 a.m. and found a male victim with a gunshot wound. The victim died at...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – Members of surrounding communities recently volunteered to renovate portions of the USS Alabama and other parts of the Battleship Memorial Park. The renovations were filmed for Danny Lipford’s hit television show, “Today’s Homeowner,” which captured crews repainting the bow of the iconic vessel as well as landscaping around the park. “We […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Police Department said they are investigating after a man allegedly kicked his ex-girlfriend’s apartment door open and broke into another apartment Sunday night. Police were called to Greenbriar Town Homes on Plantation Road at around 7:13 p.m. on Sunday, June 4. Police the man fled the area before officers […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Police said they arrested three suspects Sunday, June 4 for robbing a 16-year-old. Authorities said at 6:50 p.m. they responded to a robbery complaint at the intersection of Gulf Dale Drive and Curry Drive. Officers discovered a 16-year-old victim was walking with friends when three known...

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — According to Mobile Police, on Friday, June 2, 2023, at approximately 8:20 p.m., officers responded to a domestic altercation in the 5000 block of Ruger Court involving an assault. Upon arrival, officers discovered that the victim’s girlfriend brandished a gun, fired shots at him, and...

The nation’s highest court won’t review the case of an Alabama woman awaiting execution for killing two children over a decade ago. Heather Leavell-Keaton, 35, is on death row at Julia Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka. She has been there for the past seven years after being convicted of capital murder in 2015.

A 36-year-old Mobile woman is in the Metro Jail, charged with murder and attempted murder after a Sunday shooting in Prichard which left one man dead and another with life-threatening injuries, according to Prichard police. Officers were summoned to the scene of the shooting Sunday morning on Myers Road in...

Here’s an update on the Amtrak project between New Orleans and Mobile!. It looks like we’re getting closer to having a passenger service back in town. After being on hiatus ever since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, countless negotiations, and hard work, officials are optimistic that trains will once again roll along the Gulf Coast this year.

Are there alligators in Mobile, Alabama? Absolutely. There are about 70,000 alligators living throughout Alabama. These reptiles live in ponds, lakes, canals, rivers, swamps, marshes, and almost any body of water they can find. These ancient predators can range from a few feet long to over 10 feet in length. If you live in Alabama […]

Two women traveling east along the Gulf Coast were arrested after more than 200 pounds of cocaine were found in the vehicle they were riding in. Melissa Dufour, of Florida, and Racquelle Anteola, of California, we arrested Thursday morning on eastbound Interstate 10 in Mobile County, Alabama. Officials with the...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - MPD said they are investigating a shooting off Springhill Avenue from early Sunday morning. At approximately 1:47 a.m., officers working an extra job at Sideways Bar & Grill reported shots fired at a parking lot near the restaurant, according to police. Officers said they then responded...

Our Pet of the Week is a two or three-year-old Shih Tzu named Presley.

The Mobile real estate market, though cooling after a record couple of years, still remained a seller’s market in April, new data from the Alabama Center for Real Estate shows. “We’re still in a seller’s market because we don’t have enough supply,” Charlie Plyler, president of the Mobile Area...

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - Prichard Police are investigating a homicide that happened late Friday night into early Saturday morning. Officers responded to shots fired around 11:30 p.m. Friday at Church and Edison Street. Investigators said upon arrival a male subject was found outside dead shot at least once. Officers identified...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - MPD said they are investigating a robbery from Friday, June 2 at a Citgo gas station. Authorities responded to the store located at 811 Dauphin Island Parkway after a report of a robbery, according to police. Officials said they discovered an unknown male suspect approached the...

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating and identifying three people who allegedly sold a stolen boat and bought two four wheelers with the money in May. Deputies shared a screenshot of surveillance footage of the three people as well as two other photos […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -A Baldwin County woman is dead after sheriff’s investigators said she burned to death at her home in Elsanor. It happened on May 27th. Deputies said she was taken to the hospital and put on a ventilator but didn’t make it. “Melissa was an amazing...