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The Alabama Department of Public Health determines the cause of a respiratory illness cluster in southeast Alabama. More>>
The Escambia County Sheriff's Office is still searching for a missing kayaker in Pensacola. More>>
The Mobile Public Library is kicking off it's summer reading program June 1st. Librarians offer tips on how to get your kids to enjoy reading this summer. More>>
Gov. Robert Bentley has kicked of Hurricane Emergency Preparedness Week with a seminar and workshop at the Alabama Emergency Management Agency's headquarters in Clanton. More>>
The trial continues for the final co-defendant in the Winn Dixie robbery and shooting. Today jurors were overloaded with surveillance video - with practically every major move caught on camera. More>>
24-year-old Scott Simon is charged with first-degree murder in the May 5 shooting of 33-year-old Nicholas Walker. More>>
British investigators are trying to determine whether the two suspects in yesterday's killing of a British soldier were part of a wider plot to bring terror to the streets of London. More>>
Mobile Police say two people were arrested Wednesday after one of them stole a woman's purse. The other drove the getaway car. More>>
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks. More>>
Alabama's governor has signed legislation that expands where people can carry guns in Alabama. More>>
Local volunteers prepare to help victims of the Oklahoma Tornado. News 5's Blake Brown reports. More>>
Mostly sunny today with a very slim chance of a shower. If you don't see rain today, get ready for a long wait before another chance shows up. The Memorial Day weekend will be sunny and warm. More>>
The Bienville Club in downtown Mobile is closing after 45 years. 21 employees are out of a job. News 5's Blake Brown reports. More>>
Calling all cowboys and cowgirls! More>>
Mother and daughter enjoying the lemur encounter at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo.If you are headed down this weekend or this summer, the beach is a given but there is more than just the beach to keep you entertained. More>>
All eyes are on Alabama, as state health officials are desperately trying to identify a deadly illness that has killed two people and infected several others. Sources say one of the deaths is linked to the H1N1 virus. More>>
Looking at the aftermath of those Oklahoma tornadoes it's frightening and makes you wonder if you're prepared deal with such a storm. More>>
New and interesting acts are to come to the Saenger Theater, says Mayor Sam Jones. More>>
The new controversial Alabama gun law allows employees to bring guns to work as long as they keep the firearms in their cars. The Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce says they're "disappointed" by the law. More>>
The Salvation Army and the Mobile County Public School System is asking students/parents to donate their gently used uniforms on the last day of school - this Friday, May 24th. More>>
News 5's Chad Petri and photo journalist Arnell Hamilton walk through the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. You'll be surprised how many tarballs they found. More>>
The University of Southern Mississippi has stopped its own tornado relief fundraising campaigns in deference to storm victims in Oklahoma. More>>
Cameron called the attack "the most appalling crime" and said there are "strong indications" that it is a terrorist incident. More>>
An investigation by the Department of Justice has found civil rights problems at a Panhandle Jail. More>>
The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified 23 of 24 people killed in the tornado. More>>
A mysterious respiratory illness has infected at least seven people in Southeast Alabama. More>>
Lerner revealed the agency's targeting two weeks ago and apologized for the actions. More>>
In accordance with Alabama State Legislature Act 2012-488, the Automotive, Farm and Machine tax rate will change from the current 1.75% to the new 1.25%, effective June 1, 2013. More>>
A jury has been sent to begin deliberating Jodi Arias' fate, deciding whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or execution. More>>
The man, Ibragim Todashev, was friends with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a suspect in the attack that killed three people and injured more than 260 others. More>>
Our Pet of the Week is an adorable little dog looking for a home at the Mobile SPCA. More>>
Farmers are trying to attract tourists on their way to the beach. More>>
By Friday, all the walls will be up and ready for concrete.In Baldwin County a house is being built with a new technology that claims to be hurricane and tornado proof. More>>
The recently passed SB-286 follows a national trend. Most states have passed measures expanding gun rights in 2013. More>>
On Thursday, May 16, 2013 Mobile County Sheriff's office was called to a home where an elderly man, Byrd Bunkley, Jr., was being cared for by his sister Yolanda Thurman. More>>
Hospital officials say they've treated hundreds of patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado hit an Oklahoma City suburb. More>>
A man notices termite swarms inside his house as the swarming season begins in Mobile. More>>
Alabama's chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state's new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system gets more money than the Legislature appropriated. More>>
A two-vehicle crash Monday claimed the life of a Flomaton man and injured another. More>>
A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami says he doesn't want any more reconstructive surgery. More>>
The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children. More>>
The description of the Legislature's 2013 session depends on a legislator's party label. More>>
Alabama's governor says the state stands ready to help Oklahoma recover from a deadly tornado. More>>
The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people. More>>
Yahoo reboots Flickr, offers 1 terabyte of storage More>>
The 2013 legislative session comes to an end. A number of high profile bills pass on the last day. More>>
One of the bills passed on the final day of the session will send millions of dollars to help repair Murphy High School. More>>
Organizers and city leaders are calling the fourth annual Hangout Music Festival a success. Now the work begins to tear down in a few days what took more than a week to build. More>>
This is how photojournalist Brad Gunther got some of those cool images in this story.Three years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster how clean are our beaches? It's a question we've asked often since the oil disaster of 2010. A team of News 5 reporters set out to walk Alabama's 40 miles of beaches to find out for ourselves. Debbie Williams begins our journey. More>>
New developments in a bizarre animal hoarding case in Wilmer. Rescue groups are desperately searching for temporary homes for more than fifty dogs that were pulled from the animal shelter to make room for the new ones. More>>
There were no immediate reports of injuries. More>>
After losing a big chunk of funds that was allocated to fixing the on ramp at Water Street and I-10--a potentially hazardous interchange-- the Alabama Department of Transportation is going forward with the project. More>>
A large tornado is bearing down near Oklahoma City, part of a series of severe storms expected across portions of the Midwest. More>>
Andrea Lawton, 47, of Mobile, Ala., was living in Philadelphia when the bust was taken Aug. 24 from a home where she had worked as a housecleaner. More>>
The Gulf Shores Police Department will be conducting a Traffic Safety checkpoint Memorial Day weekend. More>>
A woman is upset after authorities confiscate 50 dogs from her home in Wilmer, Alabama. More>>
The Alabama House has rejected Gov. Robert Bentley's proposal to delay private school tax credits for two years. More>>
The Better Business Bureau urges consumers to be aware of scams that feed off the military. More>>
Collier Kirksey, the man police call the master mind of the midtown Winn Dixie Robbery, stands trial this week. More>>
Austal U.S.A. held a keel laying ceremony for it's fourth joint high speed vessel Monday morning. More>>
Less than 24 hours after 50 dogs were seized from a home in Wilmer, the calls started coming in to the Mobile County Animal Shelter. Several people were reunited with their pets Saturday following the hoarding case. More>>
Under Florida law, lottery winners in the state cannot remain anonymous. More>>
The George County Sheriff's Department is looking 39-year-old Darrin O. Hayes for non-payment of child support. More>>
A judge had issued a bench warrant for Decker recently for failure to pay child support. More>>
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. More>>
While the CBO report attracted surprisingly little attention, the press is all over the prospects of the interest rate on the subsidized Stafford Loan doubling on July 1. More>>
Democrats in the Alabama Legislature failed to achieve their top goal for the 2013 session. More>>
Transportation officials say they will be conducting their annual exercise to simulate reversing traffic on I-65 so that all four lanes are headed north to allow evacuation from the Alabama coast. More>>
Alabama legislators are getting ready for the final day of their 2013 session. More>>
Consumer group flags high SPF ratings on sunscreen More>>
A free summer camp is being offered for one week, as a way to keep kids active and healthy. More>>
Search crews found the body of 8 year old Owen Black by 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. News 5's Blake Brown has the latest from Perdido Key, Florida. More>>
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a winning Powerball ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million. More>>
Authorities with the Escambia County Florida Sheriff's Office said at a press conference Sunday afternoon that they have recovered the body of 8-year-old Owen Black, who went missing Friday evening near Perdido Key. More>>
Gov. Rick Scott is signing death warrants at a pace rarely seen in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. More>>
Police chases leads to 3 arrests, wrecks in Orange Beach and Bear Point. More>>
Dozens of people are out searching for a missing 8-year-old autistic boy. Owen Black was last seen Friday afternoon on Perdido Key Drive in the vicinity of the Needle Rush condos. More>>
The body of a drowned fisherman has been found in the Escatawpa River. More>>
Thousands flock to convenience stores today to buy a ticket for tonight's near-record $600 million Powerball Lottery drawing. More>>
Mobile County Deputies arrest several suspects and put a convenience store in lockdown for a spice investigation. More>>
More than 50 dogs have been hoarded at a house in Wilmer on North Morgan Lane Friday afternoon. More>>
An estimated 40 thousand music lovers are converging on Gulf Shores for the fourth annual Hangout Music Festival. Whether it's your first or fourth Hangout festival, there something for everyone. More>>
Alabama's unemployment rate has dipped to 6.9 percent, down from 7.2 percent from the previous month. News 5 caught up with Governor Robert Bentley for his take on the state of our economy. More>>
A viewer wanted to know why there weren't yield signs at a certain I-10 entrance ramp. She says it's a highly dangerous interchange and thinks something should be done. More>>
A jury has recommended a death sentence for Carlos Kennedy. More>>
Ben Raines ended his nearly 14 year career with the Press Register this week. The longtime environmental reporter is now in charge of the Weeks Bay Foundation. More>>
All told, the International Council of Air Shows says 64 air shows that depended on military participation have canceled this season. More>>
News 5 has learned more than 50 dogs have been hoarded at a house in Wilmer, AL on North Morgan Lane. More>>
Steven Miller on Friday apologized on behalf the agency for "the mistakes that we made and the poor service we provided," but he said he did not think partisanship drove the practices now under investigation. More>>
It's a big weekend for live music on the Alabama coast. More>>
Alabama's unemployment rate has dipped to 6.9 percent. More>>
20 firefighters have walked off the job leaving their gear behind following a fight Tuesday night inside McIntosh Town Hall. News 5's Blake Brown reports. More>>
High school graduation has wrapped up for Mobile County Public Schools with Williamson, Alma Bryant and Mary Montgomery students receiving their diplomas today. News 5 has a look at how Mobile students compare to others around the country? More>>
It's called The Canary Project, and it is an effort to help prevent texting and driving. More>>
Police arrest an alleged kidnapper from Indiana at a Loxley motel. More>>
A woman is distraught after waiting three weeks to get her husband's ashes from a local funeral home, who then released her husband's ashes to a complete stranger. More>>
An Indiana woman and her infant son are safe tonight after being held hostage by a man on the run from the law for almost a year, captured this morning in Loxley. More>>
Police say they have arrested a second suspect in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day. More>>
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