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The National Weather Service is forecasting a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Charges are pending against Chas K. Weaver, 18, linking him to the theft of a Medstar ambulance from the Orange Beach fire station at The Wharf on Canal Road, according to Orange Beach police.

Despite predictions of increased traffic over Memorial Day weekend, emergency responders noted few problems on area-roadways on Monday afternoon.

On Monday, the search for a 4-year-old boy who fell off his grandfather's fishing boat on Saturday afternoon transitioned from a search and rescue to a search and recovery mission.

With American flags waving, the First Annual Memorial Motorcade wound through the streets of Prichard on Monday to remember the men and women who have served and lost their lives fighting for the United States.

About 2 a.m. a Medstar crew was about to respond to an emergency call when they discovered the ambulance was taken from the Orange Beach fire station at The Wharf, according to police and fire officials.

As the fourth anniversary of her son's death approaches, Jackie Smith will help lay a wreath at the Memorial Monument in Satsuma on Monday. "I didn't get to say goodbye," she said of 26-year-old David Cazzie Smith, who was killed in Afghanistan.

Prichard Mayor Troy Ephriam talks about the dire impacts he believes will happen to the city of Prichard if the June 3 referendum asking for the dissolution of the Prichard Water Board is approved.

State Rep. Napoleon Bracy, D-Prichard, weighs in on the June 3 referendum in Prichard that asks for the dissolving of the Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board and a transfer of the waterwork assets to the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System.

"With pressing issues like healthcare, the economy, and caring for our veterans at the forefront of our national dialogue, it is important to maintain a direct line of communication with my constituents in Southwest Alabama."