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If you live on the West of Dauphin Island, the city is asking that you please leave NOW! The area is already feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Ida. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/residents_on_west_end_dauphin_island_being_told_to_leave/513531/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:31:45 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/escambia_county_florida_prepares_for_ida/512380/Nov-08-2009_11-36-pm/
Officials are taking special caution as the storm approaches. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/escambia_county_florida_prepares_for_ida/512380/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:57:09 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/national_weather_service_in_mobile_tracking_ida/512325/Nov-08-2009_11-35-pm/
Officials with the NWS have been ramping up their monitoring efforts all day. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/national_weather_service_in_mobile_tracking_ida/512325/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:45:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fire_chief_memorial/512324/Nov-08-2009_11-33-pm/
People were paying their respect to Theodore-Tillmans Corner Fire Chief James “Spot” Shelly. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fire_chief_memorial/512324/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:36:56 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/cracking_in_to_last_day_of_pecan_festival/512323/Nov-08-2009_9-31-pm/
The Pecan Festival finished its three days of festivities. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/cracking_in_to_last_day_of_pecan_festival/512323/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:29:03 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_ida_closings/512161/Nov-09-2009_10-47-pm/
Click here for all of the latest information regarding closures caused by Tropical Storm Ida. Updated 10:47 p.m. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_ida_closings/512161/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:40:21 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/toddler_shot_in_apparent_driveby_shooting/512104/Nov-08-2009_8-20-pm/
Prichard police say a 1-year-old girl and her father were shot while waiting on vehicle assistance on St. Stephens Road. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/toddler_shot_in_apparent_driveby_shooting/512104/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:43:57 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/mississippi_authorities_urge_ida_caution/512047/Nov-08-2009_5-10-pm/
MEMA urges residents to keep a close eye on Hurricane Ida developments. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/mississippi_authorities_urge_ida_caution/512047/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:06:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/santa_rosa_preps_for_hurricane_ida/511988/Nov-08-2009_4-22-pm/
Santa Rosa county emergency officials say sandbags will be available for residents starting on Monday. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/santa_rosa_preps_for_hurricane_ida/511988/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:51:40 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurlburt_field_preparing_for_ida/511928/Nov-08-2009_3-34-pm/
Hurlburt aircraft are being evacuated as a precaution in advance of Hurricane Ida. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurlburt_field_preparing_for_ida/511928/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:06:12 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/still_waiting_for_your_tax_refund/511865/Nov-08-2009_2-11-pm/
The Internal Revenue Service is trying to deliver $1.85 million to Alabamians that it can't locate. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/still_waiting_for_your_tax_refund/511865/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/alabama_ethics_commission_found_weak/511802/Nov-08-2009_1-16-pm/
A national survey says Alabama is one of only three states that gives no subpoena power to its ethics commission. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/alabama_ethics_commission_found_weak/511802/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:11:48 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/orange_beach_fishermen_protest/510689/Nov-07-2009_11-26-pm/
Dozens of boats crowded Perdido Pass waters to send a message to fishing regulators. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/orange_beach_fishermen_protest/510689/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:22:06 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/broncos_for_bucks/510687/Nov-07-2009_11-20-pm/
Parents were saddling up for North Baldwin schools this weekend. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/broncos_for_bucks/510687/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:15:35 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/jaguars_ground_falcons/510688/Nov-07-2009_11-31-pm/
USA runs it's record to a perfect 6-0 with a 64-12 win over Milford Academy ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/jaguars_ground_falcons/510688/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:03:03 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/auburn_pummels_paladins/510609/Nov-07-2009_10-11-pm/
Auburn goes up big early and coasts to a 63-31 win over Furman. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/auburn_pummels_paladins/510609/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:08:36 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/alabama_survives_lsu_scare/510608/Nov-07-2009_10-06-pm/
Julio Jones' 73-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter puts Alabama on top to stay. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/alabama_survives_lsu_scare/510608/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:04:23 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/2nd_annual_gulf_coast_oyster_cook_off/510366/Nov-07-2009_6-51-pm/
Oysters served in any way you can imagine is the highlight of this fundraiser. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/2nd_annual_gulf_coast_oyster_cook_off/510366/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:48:34 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/angel_ride_roars/510365/Nov-07-2009_6-43-pm/
Hundreds of bikers roared through Baldwin County for annual charity event. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/angel_ride_roars/510365/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:40:12 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/twice-convicted_sex_offender_arrested_in_mobile/510039/Nov-07-2009_3-24-pm/
Authorities say a twice-convicted sex offender was arrested just a few blocks from the Mobile home of a woman he assaulted five years ago. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/twice-convicted_sex_offender_arrested_in_mobile/510039/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:17:24 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/preview_fishing_protest/510037/Nov-07-2009_11-32-pm/
Dozens of commercial and recreational fishermen protest regulations by the National Marine Fisheries. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/preview_fishing_protest/510037/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:03:36 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/eufala_mans_son_wounded_in_fort_hood_shooting/509874/Nov-07-2009_2-56-pm/
A Eufaula man says his son is recovering after being hit in the shoulder during a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/eufala_mans_son_wounded_in_fort_hood_shooting/509874/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:59:45 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/bond_denied_for_office_shooter/509873/Nov-07-2009_12-47-pm/
A man charged with killing a worker and wounding five others in the Orlando engineering firm where he once worked has been denied bond. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/bond_denied_for_office_shooter/509873/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:44:52 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/sideline/article/high_school_football_playoff_results/508651/Nov-06-2009_10-46-pm/
Area teams advance in the AHSAA football playoffs. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/sideline/article/high_school_football_playoff_results/508651/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:41:10 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/usas_first_football_homecoming/508566/Nov-06-2009_10-29-pm/
The celebration came complete with a bonfire and Miss America. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/usas_first_football_homecoming/508566/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:49:22 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/customers_chase_after_bank_robber/508226/Nov-06-2009_6-33-pm/
Police say Sean Mitchell robbed the M & M Bank on Bienville Blvd in Ocean Springs. Customers in the parking lot chased after him. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/customers_chase_after_bank_robber/508226/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:24:27 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/quilts_for_wounded_warriors/508224/Nov-06-2009_5-39-pm/
With so many servicemen and women injured in battle, a group of quilters have an idea! ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/quilts_for_wounded_warriors/508224/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:35:24 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/free_friday/508225/Nov-06-2009_9-44-pm/
Free Burger, Exploreum Admission for Veterans, and Fun for Children! ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/free_friday/508225/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:34:56 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/17_arrested_in_craigs_list_prostitution_sting/508139/Nov-06-2009_10-56-pm/
Police from Gulfport to Biloxi teamed up for an undercover sting, targeting escort services and individuals listed on Craig's List Click here for mugshots ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/17_arrested_in_craigs_list_prostitution_sting/508139/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:49 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/electronics_recycling_saturday/508137/Nov-06-2009_4-20-pm/
On Saturday, November 7, Keep Mobile Beautiful will host an Electronics/Computer Recycling event from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Greater Gulf State Fairgrounds. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/electronics_recycling_saturday/508137/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:47 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/guilty_verdict_florida_man_not_too_fat_to_kill/508049/Nov-06-2009_3-44-pm/
A jury rejected a Florida man's claims that he was too fat to kill his former son-in-law because and make a quick getaway. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/guilty_verdict_florida_man_not_too_fat_to_kill/508049/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:44:36 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/jury_deliberates_fat_defense_trial/507436/Nov-06-2009_8-43-am/
Jury deliberations resumed Friday in the murder trial of a Florida man who claims he was too fat to kill his former son-in-law. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/jury_deliberates_fat_defense_trial/507436/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:43:50 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/missing_alzheimers_patient_found_safe/506627/Nov-06-2009_12-00-am/
76 year old man walked away from his Grand Bay home. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/missing_alzheimers_patient_found_safe/506627/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:14:15 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/baldwin_district_attorney_candidates/506460/Nov-05-2009_9-45-pm/
A profile of the two challengers and the incumbent D.A. in Baldwin County. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/baldwin_district_attorney_candidates/506460/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:34:26 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/missing_baby_found_alive_mother_arrested/506392/Nov-05-2009_10-33-pm/
NEW VIDEOThe desperate search for a missing 7 month old baby is over. Investigators found the infant in a small, cedar box under a bed. The baby's mother and aunt are in jail. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/missing_baby_found_alive_mother_arrested/506392/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:22:03 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/the_pi_who_cracked_antique_heist/506161/Nov-05-2009_7-22-pm/
The private investigator behind the Matt Walker case says there's much more to come... ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/the_pi_who_cracked_antique_heist/506161/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:20:33 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/carjacking_robbery_suspect_arrested/506162/Nov-06-2009_10-33-am/
Mobile Police believe 17 year old Charles Braggs hit a woman in the head with a rifle while carjacking her. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/carjacking_robbery_suspect_arrested/506162/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:15:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/guns_taken_in_pawn_shop_burglary/506160/Nov-06-2009_9-59-am/
Daphne Police eliminate 2 "persons of interest" as suspects ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/guns_taken_in_pawn_shop_burglary/506160/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:58:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/deputies_search_for_missing_man/505991/Nov-05-2009_4-04-pm/
Mobile County Sheriff's Deputies are searching the Grand Bay area for a missing Alzheimer’s patient. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/deputies_search_for_missing_man/505991/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:52:06 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/missing_baby_found_alive/505254/Nov-05-2009_3-55-pm/
Police say Shannon Dedrick's mother secretly turned her over to her baby sitter in the middle of the night. The baby was found in a 2' x 3' cedar chest hidden under the babysitter's bed. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/missing_baby_found_alive/505254/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:39:00 +0000 30.670990790779168 -88.04443359375 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/children_found_safe_after_carjacking/504555/Nov-04-2009_9-43-pm/
Car was stolen from outside a business on Highway 90. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/children_found_safe_after_carjacking/504555/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:04:20 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bp_station_in_bayou_la_batre_robbed/504294/Nov-04-2009_7-02-pm/
CAUGHT ON CAMERA Man pays for a pack of smokes and then shows the clerk he's packing heat. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bp_station_in_bayou_la_batre_robbed/504294/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:24 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/your_missing_tax_dollars/504295/Nov-04-2009_9-39-pm/
The News 5 Investigative team has confirmed that about 20,000 of your property tax money is missing. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/your_missing_tax_dollars/504295/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:45:49 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/baldwin_county_toll_road/504130/Nov-04-2009_6-33-pm/
Local and state transportation officials want to build a toll road connecting Interstate 65 with I-10 in North Baldwin County ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/baldwin_county_toll_road/504130/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:33:39 +0000 30.79611490934485 -87.66952514648437 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/meth_at_daycare/504200/Nov-04-2009_6-34-pm/
Police say meth was made at an Ocean Springs daycare by a convicted felon. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/meth_at_daycare/504200/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:21 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/car_stolen_with_two_kids_in_the_backseat/504199/Nov-04-2009_6-38-pm/
Mobile police tell us the kids' mom went inside Discount Cell Phones on Hwy 90 and left her one and two year old in the car, with the engine running. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/car_stolen_with_two_kids_in_the_backseat/504199/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:31:07 +0000 30.593038266782365 -88.17124843597412 http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/families_always_on_the_move_in_the_coast_guard/504107/Nov-05-2009_8-29-am/
Coast Guard families have to cope with the stress and challenges of moving every few years if they have a loved on in the service. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/families_always_on_the_move_in_the_coast_guard/504107/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:52:19 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/aviation_training_in_mobile/504106/Nov-05-2009_8-29-am/
The Aviation Training Center in West Mobile County is a vital part of Sector Mobile and the entire US Coast Guard. All Coast Guard Pilots get some sort of training here. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/aviation_training_in_mobile/504106/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:53 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/hometown_tour_sector_mobile/504105/Nov-05-2009_8-30-am/
The Coast Guard has a daily mission of keeping people safe on the water. Here’s a look at tonight’s Hometown Tour. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/hometown_tour_sector_mobile/504105/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:46:34 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/store_owners_fed_up_with_crime/504104/Nov-04-2009_5-21-pm/
An Eight Mile convenience store is robbed at gunpoint for the sixth time in two years. The store's owners are fed up. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/store_owners_fed_up_with_crime/504104/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:17:57 +0000