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UPDATE (9:30pm, Monday): A new video sent to WKRG News 5 depicts a different angle of the altercation between two Citronelle football parents last Friday. In the video, there appears to be a verbal confrontation between Stephen Byrd and Chris Edmunds which becomes physical when Byrd lunges towards Edmunds near the bottom of the stands. […]

Derrick Dearman will be sentenced death next week for the murder of five people, as well as an unborn child, in 2016, the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A local teenager was arrested after she allegedly helped to orchestrate a robbery that sent her boyfriend to the hospital, according to the Mobile Police Department. MPD said in a news release that Lacey Nicole Hollingsworth, 18, of Mobile was arrested after officers responded to an incident at 1001 Schillinger Road […]

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER: (WALA) - The National Hurricane center says Air Force Hurricane Hunters find Milton rapidly intensifying into a hurricane. At 1pm Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Milton had maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour and was moving eastward at 6 miles per hour. Here’s...

BILOXI, Miss. (WDAM) - A 20-year-old Lucedale woman was killed Friday night in a two-vehicle collision in George County. The Mississippi Highway Patrol said it responded to a call about 9:50 p.m. Friday involving an accident on on Mississippi 63. According to MHP, 20-year-old Diana Givens was driving south on...

PRICHARD, Ala. (WKRG) — A woman was arrested Monday after she led police on a chase from Prichard to Daphne, according to the Prichard Police Department. Officials said Prichard police received a report of a domestic situation and went to the scene where they were going to arrest both a man and a woman. The […]

(WDNews) – A routine traffic stop on Interstate 10 led to a major drug bust Wednesday, when agents found millions of dollars worth of drugs on a Greyhound bus. Federal drug agents arrested Jialong Huang after they discovered 10 kilos of fentanyl and three kilos of cocaine in a suitcase allegedly linked to him.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile man has pleaded guilty to felony charges that landed him on Mobile’s Most Wanted list two years ago. Trenteon King is headed back to federal prison. On Sept. 30, King pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree assault and shooting into an occupied...

[We use AI tools to help us create our content more efficiently, but all data is verified prior to publishing.]. The proposal to build a gas station at the corner of Government Street and Broad Street has officially been rejected.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The teenager convicted in the 2021 shooting death of Chavan Scruggs is expected to learn his sentence Monday. King Franklin was found guilty back in June of Felony Murder. Franklin was supposed to have been sentenced on July 31st. That was postponed due to Judge Charles...

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - What began with someone flagging down Prichard police for a domestic violence situation resulted in a vehicle pursuit out of Prichard this morning that wound through Mobile and the Eastern Shore before coming to an end in Daphne without the driver getting arrested, officials said. According...

GULF COAST (WKRG) — WKRG News 5 is keeping track of Halloween and fall events along the Gulf Coast. Alabama events: Event organizers said the event will be “a day of fall fun, including the Trail of Treats, inflatables, games, and more.” It is a family-friendly event and there will be officers, firemen, dispatchers, and […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The third annual Airing of the Quilts celebrates the tradition of outdoor quilt displays in the historic community of Gee’s Bend and gives visitors an opportunity to immerse themselves in a unique artistic community that produced internationally acclaimed African American quiltmakers. The event is Saturday, October 12, 2024.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Federal prosecutors on Monday sketched out their theory connecting a string of shootings in 2022 that they described as a “relentless campaign of revenge” that killed two innocent people and wounded six others. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller told jurors during his opening statement...

[We use AI tools to help us create our content more efficiently, but all data is verified prior to publishing.]. A $38 million investment to upgrade a shipyard in Bayou La Batre is set to create big changes for the local maritime industry and workforce.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WPMI) — According to a Fairhope PD post on Facebook, Fairhope PD and the FBI have made an arrest regarding the alleged exploitation of an elderly woman who lost over $100,000:. The victim, who had recently purchased a new vehicle, noticed charges for an anti-theft service. Upon...

[We use AI tools to help us create our content more efficiently, but all data is verified prior to publishing.]. The big I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project is moving forward.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A new member has joined the FOX10 News family. Cameron Taylor joins Lenise Ligon as co-anchor for the evening newscasts. Cameron hails from Tampa and recently was the weekend anchor and reporter in Kansas City. He and his family are settling into Baldwin County. Welcome to...

GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – A pedestrian was killed during an accident near the George County fairgrounds. The incident occurred on Old Highway 63 South on Thursday, October 3. George County deputies said the pedestrian was identified as James Attaway, 43, of Lucedale. He died from his injuries. According to investigators, the accident involved an […]

[We use AI tools to help us create our content more efficiently, but all data is verified prior to publishing.]. After more than a decade, the Miss University of South Alabama pageant is back and better than ever.