WKRG.com : Bayou La Batre

Boom Rattles Windows

WKRG.com: Emily Forrester — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:15:16 +0000

Many people heard a loud boom Tuesday night along the Gulf Coast. What was it?

Swine Flu Shots Announced For AL Schools

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:48:02 +0000

Swine flu shots to be available at schools at the end of November.

Gov. Riley Declares State of Emergency

Governor Riley's Office — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:23:11 +0000

Governor Bob Riley on Monday declared an official state of emergency in Alabama due to the imminent threat posed by Tropical Storm Ida..

Still Waiting For Your Tax Refund?

Associated Press — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:20:00 +0000

The Internal Revenue Service is trying to deliver $1.85 million to Alabamians that it can't locate.

BP Station In Bayou La Batre Robbed

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:24 +0000

CAUGHT ON CAMERA Man pays for a pack of smokes and then shows the clerk he's packing heat.

Woman Brings Knife To A Gun Fight

WKRG.com: Jamie Burch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:52:03 +0000

Mobile police say Terry Guidy tried to rob a laundromat with a knife, but the owner pulled out her gun and Guidry took off. She ended up robbing a dollar store later the same day.

Dr. Benjamin “It’s Bittersweet”

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:56:14 +0000

Doctor Regina Benjamin is the new U.S. Surgeon General and she reacted to the news on her hometown tv station.

Senate Confirms Dr. Regina Benjamin As U.S. Surgeon General

WKRG.com: Jamie Burch — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:00:42 +0000

BREAKING NEWS Dr. Regina Benjamin was confirmed by the Senate as the next U.S. Surgeon General just before 7:00 p.m.

Do it for Mikie!

WKRG.com: Devon Walsh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:18:40 +0000

The Bayou La Batre community is coming together to help a wheelchair-bound boy.

Pregnant Victim’s Mom: “He Needs To Pay”

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:10:56 +0000

News 5 has learned that the teen charged in the weekend crash that sent a woman into labor was on probation for a 2008 beating death.

Teen Faces Assault Charges In Vehicle Accident

Christian Stapleton — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:06:35 +0000

Five arrest warrants have been obtained by authorities for a 17-year-old driver involved in a three-vehicle accident that sent a pregnant woman into labor.

Senate Committee Approves Dr. Regina Benjamin

WKRG.com: Jamie Burch — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:51:05 +0000

Surgeon General nominee Dr. Regina Benjamin from Bayou La Batre has been approved by the Senate Health Committee. She must now be confirmed by the full Senate.

School Lengthening Too Pricey for AL Schools

Associated Press — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:46:52 +0000

Education officials facing budgets with million dollar shortfalls say they simply can't afford the President's suggestion of lengthening school days.

Louisiana Escapee Pleads Guilty To Murder

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:43:31 +0000

A man who escaped from the St. Tammany Parish jail in June has pleaded guilty to the 2005 killing of a 19-year-old Bayou La Batre woman.

Swine Flu Survivor Goes Home

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:29:41 +0000

After a month-long battle with swine flu, a 9-year old Coden girl gets to leave the hospital.

Local Swine Flu Survivor

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:56:05 +0000

A 9-year old girl from Coden is in isolation at USA Children's and Women's Hospital after being diagnosed with swine flu.

Alabama’s Children Insurance Program Expanding

Associated Press — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:57:29 +0000

Because of funds raised in the federal tobacco tax, publicly funded health insurance for Alabama children will expand to many middle-class families.

Seafood Dealers Use Grant Money For Waste

Associated Press — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:41:47 +0000

Seafood dealers plan to use a $3.2 million dollar federal grant to build a seafood byproduct processing plant in Bayou La Batre - saving them tens of thousands of dollars

Former Councilman’s Case To Grand Jury

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:10:52 +0000

The case of the former city councilman accused of trying to burn his house down goes to the grand jury.

Bayou La Batre Katrina Tour

WKRG.com: Chad Petri — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:52:06 +0000

Community groups are using the storm’s anniversary to highlight community needs.

Some Areas Still Struggling After Katrina

WKRG.com: Chad Petri — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:33:05 +0000

The 4th anniversary of Katrina is Saturday. Some folks in Bayou La Batre are still having trouble.

Benjamins For Dr. Benjamin

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:42:14 +0000

Doctor Regina Benjamin has been approved for 2.2 million in grant money to finish building the Bayou Clinic.

Dr. Regina Benjamin Paid By Burger King

The Associated Press — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:38:14 +0000

President Obama's nominee for surgeon general, whose job it is to help encourage Americans to get thinner and healthier, has been working part time as a scientific adviser to the fast-food giant.

Baldwin County Marine Killed

WKRG.com: Pat Peterson — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:09:04 +0000

Lance Corporal Bruce Ferrell Junior killed Monday while fighting the war on terror in Afghanistan

Back To School Supplies Tax Free

WKRG.com: Jessica Taloney — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:54:56 +0000

Parents shopping for back to school bargains can buy supplies tax-free this weekend.

Alabama Justice Patti Smith Won’t Run Again

Associated Press — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:35:14 +0000

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Patti Smith says she won't seek re-election next year.

Sessions Makes His Decision On Sotomayor

Associated Press — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:37:31 +0000

Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions says he has made up his mind on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, but not ready to make his decision public.

Driver Licenses To Increase By 50 Cents

Alabama Department of Public Safety — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:40:33 +0000

Alabama Department of Public Safety says starting next week the cost of driver licenses and non-driver licenses will increase by 50 cents.

Restaurants Get 1-2 Punch

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:20:52 +0000

Restaurants in Alabama have two fish labeling laws headed their way.

House Blows Before Repo

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:34:35 +0000

A mobile home in Bayou La Batre blows up before the repo man gets to haul it off.

Back In The Bayou Again

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:55:40 +0000

Watching Dr. Regina Benjamin drive into work in a pickup truck, you would never guess that she's the president's nominee to be US Surgeon General.

She Predicted Surgeon General Pick

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:30:16 +0000

Nell Stoddard is a nurse at Dr. Regina Benjamin's clinic and predicted the nomination years ago.

From Bayou To Surgeon General?

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:40:31 +0000

She's nominated to be U.S. Surgeon General but is best known to our viewers as the hurricane doctor in Bayou La Batre.

Alabama’s Political Leaders Congratulate Dr. Benjamin

WKRG Staff — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:42:47 +0000

President Barack Obama nominated Bayou La Batre Dr. Regina Benjamin to become the next Surgeon General.

Bayou La Batre Doctor Is Obama’s Pick For Surgeon General

The Associated Press — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:41:02 +0000

Dr. Regina Benjamin made headlines in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, with her determination to rebuild her rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre which serves 4,400 patients who would be hard-pressed to find care elsewhere.

Update: Travelling Sex Offender In Jail

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:30:12 +0000

A convicted sex offender from Oregon who barged into a house in Grand Bay has been arrested.

Oyster Reef Promises Hundreds Of Jobs

WKRG.com: Diana Lucio — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:31:41 +0000

State conservationists say it could save Alabama's shellfish population too.

Meth Explosion Caught On Tape

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:58:55 +0000

A meth lab explosion at a Bayou La Batre motel is caught on tape.

Former City Councilman Bonds Out Of Jail

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:30:18 +0000

Henry Barnes is charged with second degree arson. Bayou La Batre police say Barnes tried to burn down a house he owned on Downey Street last week when a controlled burn got out of control.

From Politics To The Pokey

WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:25:52 +0000

He served four years on the Bayou La Batre City Council and now he's serving some time in jail.

Former Bayou La Batre Councilman Arrested On Arson Charges

WKRG.com: Jamie Burch — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:55:07 +0000

Police say Henry Barnes tried to burn down his house on Downey Street during last week's evacuation that was ordered when a conrol burn got out of control.

Tasers On Campus

WKRG Staff — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:08:18 +0000

Mobile County School officials reject a proposal that would allow security officers to carry tasers on school campuses.

Coden Church Keeps Moving On

WKRG.com: Chad Petri — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:42:37 +0000

Members of Sweet Bethel Missionary Baptist Church had their first service in their new home, the Coastal Relief Center in Coden.

AT&T Raising Rate For Home Phone Service

Associated Press — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:41:13 +0000

Alabama's largest phone company to raise the rate for single-line home phone service by 3 percent.

Fire Officials Still Keeping Eye On Woods Fire

WKRG.com: Steve Alexander — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:40:52 +0000

The fire started as a controlled burn in Bayou La Batre on Tuesday.

Close Call On Last Shift

WKRG.com: Kimberly Curth — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:00:03 +0000

An officer who was hurt while on his last shift with the Bayou La Batre Police Department is out of the hospital.

Arson Investigation After Controlled Burn In Bayou La Batre

WKRG.com: Jamie Burch — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:53:20 +0000

The investigation into a fire that forced hundreds of people in Bayou La Batre to evacuate has taken a criminal turn.

Officer Injured In Ammonia Leak Released From Hospital

WKRG.com: Jamie Burch — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:31:01 +0000

Officer Tim Byrd was injured Sunday after inhaling fumes at Bryant Products, a seafood shop on Tram Avenue.

Fire Officials Keeping Vigil In Bayou La Batre

WKRG.com: Steve Alexander — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:07:31 +0000

A controlled burn gets out of hand, forcing evacuations.

Fire Burning Out Of Control In Bayou La Batre

WKRG.com: Jamie Burch — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:19:08 +0000

BREAKING NEWS The City of Bayou la Batre is evacuating people who live on Downey Street and in the Bayou Bend Apartments.