http://www.wkrg.com/news/ Alabama Mobile News Alabama and Pensacola Florida News and the Gulf Coast Region News Video en-us Copyright WKRG http://www.wkrg.com/news/category/alabama/ http://media.wkrg.com/media/webcast_news.jpg Alabama - WKRG.com News - Mobile Al - Pensacola Fl - Gulf Coast Alabama Get the latest Video News Weather and Sports and more WKRG.com podcast WKRG.com WKRG.com drencher@gmail.com Alabama,mobile alabama, mobile al, mobile news, mobile alabama news, mobile al news, wkrg mobile, WKRG, Mobile, Alabama, news, weather, sports no http://www.wkrg.com/medical/article/senior_rx_program_looking_for_more_applicants/17688/
A program designed to help offset rising medication costs is reaching out to more local seniors and disabled people in Mobile. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/medical/article/senior_rx_program_looking_for_more_applicants/17688/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:55:48 +0000 WKRG.com: Chad Petri Senior RX Program Looking For More Applicants WKRG.com chad petri,discount,drugs,medicaid,medicare,mobile,seniors, WKRG.com: Chad Petri no http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/disability_home_hurting_for_donations/17680/
The Mulherin Home in Mobile says it needs the community's support more than ever. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/disability_home_hurting_for_donations/17680/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:09:42 +0000 WKRG.com: Diana Lucio Disability Home Hurting For Donations WKRG.com cerebral palsy,developmental disability,diana lucio,disability home,donations for mulherin home,down syndrome,easter seals,group home,melody lazauskas,mentally handicap,mulherin custodial home,mulherin home,mulherin home mobile,united way, WKRG.com: Diana Lucio no http://www.wkrg.com/mobile_annexation/article/mobile_police_jurisdiction_to_expand/17678/
Annexation opponents say taxes will go up in some areas that aren't annexed. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mobile_annexation/article/mobile_police_jurisdiction_to_expand/17678/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:28:45 +0000 WKRG.com: Steve Alexander Mobile Police Jurisdiction To Expand? WKRG.com alabama,annexation,bayou la batre,irvington,mike dean,mobile,mobile county,police,police jurisdiction,sam cochran,semmes,spencer collier,theodore,tillmans corner, WKRG.com: Steve Alexander no http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/deadly_accident_in_baldwin_county/17677/
A Robertsdale family grieving for two family members killed in a crash. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/deadly_accident_in_baldwin_county/17677/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:03:42 +0000 WKRG.com: Emily Forrester http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/viewers_help_evacuee_turned_fire_victim/17675/
News 5 viewers open their closets and their wallets to help a Theodore family. In 48 hours, their house burned down and someone stole their car. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/viewers_help_evacuee_turned_fire_victim/17675/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:05:50 +0000 WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig Viewers Help Evacuee Turned Victim WKRG.com donation,fire victim,gustav,help,house fire,hurrican evacuee,hurricane gustav,jacky long,nascar,old pascagoula road,special assignment reporter,stolen car,storm shelter,tiffany craig,virginia henson, WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig no http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/bus_routes_cancelled/17673/
Hundreds of students are forced to find another ride to school. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/bus_routes_cancelled/17673/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:35:20 +0000 WKRG.com: Jessica Taloney Bus Routes Cancelled WKRG.com bus changes,bus routes,bussing,clark school of math,dunbar,magnet schools,mobile county public school system,phillips preparatory school, WKRG.com: Jessica Taloney no 30.689887857721206 -88.05130004882812 http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/chicken_tests_positive_for_west_nile_in_mobile/17662/
The Mobile County Health Department reports that a sentinel chicken in the Citronelle area has tested positive for West Nile virus.. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/chicken_tests_positive_for_west_nile_in_mobile/17662/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:56:09 +0000 Mobile County Health Department http://www.wkrg.com/weather/article/out_of_money/17660/
The American Red Cross is borrowing money to cover its costs from Hurricane Gustav .. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/weather/article/out_of_money/17660/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:20:38 +0000 Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/naked_sex_offender_gets_life/17654/
A federal judge in Mobile has sentenced a convicted sex offender to life in prison for exposing himself to a boy in a Mississippi ballpark. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/naked_sex_offender_gets_life/17654/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:51:40 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/bayfest_music_scholarship_program/17653/
Ten talented high school musicians will win a $1,000 scholarship. Click here to find out how to apply. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/bayfest_music_scholarship_program/17653/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:12:23 +0000 WKRG.com: Jamie Burch BayFest Music Scholarship Program WKRG.com alabama,bayfest,bayfest music scholarship program,blake shelton,kid rock,mobile,ojays,puddle of mud, WKRG.com: Jamie Burch no http://www.wkrg.com/mobilesmakeover/article/head_of_the_mobile_airport_authority_retiring/17650/
Bay Haas is calling it quits after 25 years as Executive Director of the Mobile Airport Authority. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mobilesmakeover/article/head_of_the_mobile_airport_authority_retiring/17650/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:51:44 +0000 WKRG.com: Jamie Burch http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/last_crew_of_wildland_firefighters_return_to_ala/17649/
Since February, Alabama sent 12 separate crews to assist the Texas Forest Service. The commission also sent firefighters to battle wildfires in California and Virginia. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/last_crew_of_wildland_firefighters_return_to_ala/17649/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:41:23 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/politics/article/mayor_arrested_after_council_argument/17644/
Councilwoman Linda Renn-Pierce, who is white, says during the council meeting Tuesday, Murphy threatened to burn a cross in her yard. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/politics/article/mayor_arrested_after_council_argument/17644/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:51:26 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/mobilesmakeover/article/boeing_workers_vote_to_strike_in_2_days/17643/
Machinists Approve 2nd Strike In 3 Years, But Give Management 48 More Hours. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mobilesmakeover/article/boeing_workers_vote_to_strike_in_2_days/17643/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:40:02 +0000 Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/new_breast_cancer_detection_shows_promise/17642/
Radioactive Tracer "Lights Up" Cancer Hiding Inside Dense Breasts. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/new_breast_cancer_detection_shows_promise/17642/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:37:12 +0000 Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/consumer/article/mobile_credit_counselors_offer_solutions/17636/
Officials at the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Mobile say more people are looking for help. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/consumer/article/mobile_credit_counselors_offer_solutions/17636/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:54:37 +0000 WKRG.com: Chad Petri Mobile Credit Counselors Offer Solutions WKRG.com consumer credit counseling service,credit counseling,debt, WKRG.com: Chad Petri no http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/traffic_jams_in_mobile_as_evacuees_go_home/17635/
Interstates 65 and 10 were crowded during the day Wednesday as Gustav evacuees from New Orleans return home. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/traffic_jams_in_mobile_as_evacuees_go_home/17635/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:22:18 +0000 WKRG.com: Steve Alexander Traffic Jams In Mobile As Evacuees Go Home WKRG.com alabama,ascension parish,baton rouge,evacuations,florida,gasoline,grand bay,gustav,highways,hurricane gustav,interstate 10,interstate 65,louisiana,mobile,new orleans,pensacola,roads,st amant,traffic jams, WKRG.com: Steve Alexander no http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/gustav_training_tool_for_red_cross/17632/
New Red Cross volunteers use Hurricane Gustav as a training tool. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/gustav_training_tool_for_red_cross/17632/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:50:59 +0000 WKRG.com: Jessica Taloney Gustav: Training Tool For Red Cross WKRG.com elizabeth saunder,gustav,ladresta mcneil,red cross, WKRG.com: Jessica Taloney no 30.68870689937537 -88.0499267578125 http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/lawn_mower_man_busted/17628/
Police say a man tried to break into a lawn and garden store using a lawn mower blade. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/lawn_mower_man_busted/17628/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:56:07 +0000 WKRG.com: Jamie Burch http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/evacuee_loses_house_and_car/17627/
He evacuated for the storm and his house burned down. Less than 48 hours later, someone steals his car. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/evacuee_loses_house_and_car/17627/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:50:24 +0000 WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig When It Rains It Pours WKRG.com alabama,evacuee,fire victim,gustav,hurricane gustav,jacky long,regions bank,shelter,special assignment reporter,stolen car,storm victim,theodore,theodore high school,tiffany craig, WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig no http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/auburn_murder_judge_asked_to_recuse_himself/17626/
Attorneys for the man accused of killing an Auburn University freshman has asked the handling the case to recuse himself. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/auburn_murder_judge_asked_to_recuse_himself/17626/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:48:17 +0000 The Associated Press. http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/dog_tortured_and_dragged/17625/
Pitbull tied up to a pick-up truck and dragged down rural, Escambia County, Alabama highway Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/dog_tortured_and_dragged/17625/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:33:42 +0000 WKRG.com: Pat Peterson Dog Tortured And Dragged WKRG.com alabama,animal abuse,animal cruelty,escambia county,flomaton,pitbull, WKRG.com: Pat Peterson no 31.02234042904364 -87.23831176757812 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fema_to_cover_hotel_costs/17624/
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says FEMA will pay the hotel bills of Hurricane Gustav evacuees as long as they register for assistance. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fema_to_cover_hotel_costs/17624/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:35:00 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/hurricane_evacuees_fight_over_gas_money/17619/
Two sisters, staying at an Alabama church, came to blows. Roxanna Williams' boyfriend joined in, punching Roxanna's sister and slicing her tires. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/hurricane_evacuees_fight_over_gas_money/17619/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:48:11 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/shootout_in_mobile_neighborhood/17617/
A shootout erupts in a Mobile neighborhood during broad daylight. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/shootout_in_mobile_neighborhood/17617/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:28:14 +0000 WKRG.com: Kimberly Curth Shootout In Mobile Neighborhood WKRG.com alabama,griffin street,mobile,mobile police,shootout,trinity gardens, WKRG.com: Kimberly Curth no http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/coast_guard_working_to_reopen_port_of_mobile/17610/
The Port of Mobile is currently open to vessel traffic with a draft of 35 feet or less, but the Theodore Barge Canal is closed. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/coast_guard_working_to_reopen_port_of_mobile/17610/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:04:33 +0000 United States Coast Guard http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/baldwins_helping_hands/17612/
Before the winds of Gustav died down, releif efforts were already underway. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/baldwins_helping_hands/17612/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:04:07 +0000 WKRG.com: Debbie Williams Baldwin’s Helping Hands WKRG.com baldwin emc,fema,gustav,ice,orange beach,police,relief,robvertsdale, WKRG.com: Debbie Williams no 30.294646395871705 -87.59674072265625 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_help_from_mobile/17608/
Bottles of water, MRE's, generators and tree cutters are on their way to Baton Rouge. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_help_from_mobile/17608/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:23:05 +0000 WKRG.com: Jamie Burch Hurricane Help From Mobile WKRG.com alabama,baton rouge,chain saw,fire fighter,generator,gustav,hurricane help,hurricane relief,louisiana,mobile,trees,urban development,water, WKRG.com: Jamie Burch no 30.471165021624223 -91.131591796875 http://www.wkrg.com/mobilesmakeover/article/boeing_workers_going_on_strike/17607/
Union leaders are recommending commercial airplane production workers reject the company's "best and final" contract offer and go on strike. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mobilesmakeover/article/boeing_workers_going_on_strike/17607/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:45:18 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/teeange_boy_threatens_to_kill_his_parents/17605/
A bus aide overheard the 13-year-old threaten to stab his parents and ask a classmate to burn down the house to cover the crime. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/teeange_boy_threatens_to_kill_his_parents/17605/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:28:55 +0000 The Associated Press 34.59025856296577 -87.0831298828125 http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/alcohol_a_factor_in_deadly_boat_accident/17602/
Charges may be brought against a man who was driving the boat under the influence. A mother and her daughter were killed in the Sunday boat crash. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/alcohol_a_factor_in_deadly_boat_accident/17602/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:52:29 +0000 The Associated Press 30.30398379622886 -87.43297576904297 http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/tillmans_corner_shooting/17599/
Early morning shooting sends one person to the hospital. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/tillmans_corner_shooting/17599/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:01:31 +0000 WKRG.com: Tyler Ludke Tillman’s Corner Shooting WKRG.com highway 90,jackson road,mobile fire rescue,mobile police,shooting,tillmans corner, WKRG.com: Tyler Ludke no 30.591394347434985 -88.17139863967895 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/gustav_evacuees_drive_through_mobile/17598/
New Orleans residents begin trying to return home. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/gustav_evacuees_drive_through_mobile/17598/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:15:55 +0000 WKRG.com: Steve Alexander http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/storm_evacuee_turns_fire_victim/17597/
A Theodore man and his granddaughter seek shelter from the Gustav. While they are gone, the house burns down. Watch Video ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/storm_evacuee_turns_fire_victim/17597/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:12:59 +0000 WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig Storm Evacuee Turns Fire Victim WKRG.com assistance,dale jarrett,fan,fire,gustav,help,jacky long,nascar,old pascagoula road,race car,regions,revelation missionary baptist church,shelter,special assignment reporter,storm,storm victim,theodore high school,tiffany craig,tillmans corner,virginia henson, WKRG.com: Tiffany Craig no http://www.wkrg.com/mobile_annexation/article/annexation_vote_date_set/17595/
Voters will decide next month whether to approve the City of Mobile's controversial annexation plan which includes parts of Theodore/Tillmans Corner and Semmes. More ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mobile_annexation/article/annexation_vote_date_set/17595/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:20:07 +0000 WKRG.com: Jamie Burch