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Robert Butler is an internationally known painter. He paints landscapes to document their beauty for future generations. Recently he documented the ancestry of a Mobile woman who was of African and Choctaw descent. He views that all Americans share diversity in their heritage, and that makes each of us an American Original. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 6595 31.49426181553272 -87.3193359375 http://wkrg.com/news/article/the_clock_lady/6540/
Lottie Caraway loves clocks. She has a collection of over 1400, gathered just in the last dozen years or so. Most of the wall space in her home is covered with clocks of all sizes, shapes, sounds. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 6540 http://wkrg.com/news/article/heritage_homestead/6343/
James and Joan Malone have a country getaway...kind of. It was built in 1993, but was constructed like country houses from an earlier era...before electricity and running water reached rural Alabama. The style is "dog trot," named for the breezeway that separates the two rooms of the house. Not only does their extended family enjoy the house, but it has become a venue for a major public education program. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 6343 30.935801658201384 -88.18588256835937 http://wkrg.com/news/article/great_grandma_rides_a_bike/6280/
Arlene Vester is a great-grandmother who loves to ride her bicycle. In fact she rode over 3000 miles this summer on the trip of a lifetime. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 6280 http://wkrg.com/news/article/the_flag/6216/
Horace Luckey arrived on Iwo Jima the day after the Marines landed. He was on LST 779, the first LST to the beach. Also on board was a flag, recovered from a ship sunk at Pearl Harbor. It happened to be a "Sunday Pennant," a particularly large flag used for special occasions. As it turned out, that flag was used for something very special. Luckey recalls what happened. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 6216 http://wkrg.com/news/article/j_d_crowe/5785/
J. D. Crowe is political cartoonist for the Mobile Prress-Register. And if his job is to provoke laughter, discussion, and sometimes anger...he does his work very well. We watch him draw a little and hear him talk a lot about where his ideas come from. He also shares some of his favorite past cartoons. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 5785 http://wkrg.com/news/article/skeet_shooter/5619/
Jim Backes took up skeet shooting when he was about 60. A year later he beat the reigning Alabama champ by hitting 100 flying targets in a row. At 96, he's still shooting. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 5619 http://wkrg.com/news/article/ww_ii_remembered/5358/
A conservative estimate is that over 35 million soldiers and civilians died in World War II. A major documentary series about the war features the stories of some of your neighbors on the Gulf Coast. Meteorologist Jere Hough introduces you to two of them. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 5358 http://wkrg.com/news/article/cattle_egrets/5214/
A Mobile County family discovers their property is home to hundreds of cattle egrets...white birds almost two feet tall. The fly in every night and roost as a huge flock in several small trees. At sunrise, they all fly away for the day. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 5214 http://wkrg.com/news/article/portier_house/4981/
The Portier House is named for the first Bishop of Mobile who purchased the house in 1834 for his residence and office. It is in remarkable condition still, and in the process of restoration to find new life as a kind of Catholic Museum and as a venue for private parties. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 4981 http://wkrg.com/news/article/mr_andy/4689/
Andy Bryant started his job as a waiter at a downtown Morrison's Restaurant in 1961. He still works same job at the main Morrisons, now at Springdale Mall. He still enjoys his work after 46 years! more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 4689 http://wkrg.com/news/article/a_tour_of_brewton_alabama/1500/
At one point in its history, Brewton claimed to be the richest small town in America. Seeing the spectacular homes that the "Timber Barons" built around 1900 certainly supports that claim. But there is much more to the community. more ]]> WKRG.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 1500 31.124672569676143 -87.07077026367188