WKRG News:

Thu August 02 2007

BayBears Star Promoted To Arizona
Justin Upton gets call from Major League club after impressive showing in Southern League.

The New WKRG.com
The new layout is the first thing you’ll notice, you can get all the day’s top stories without a single click. The new website also…

Alabama Bridges Safe According to DOT
The Alabama Department of transportation is confident in area bridge safety. Engineers says bridges are sound.

65 Foot Yacht Sinks
A multi-million dollar pleasure boat is on the bottom of the gulf, its captain is jailed and marine police have a dilemma on their hands. It…

Mary Byrne Smith Returns Home
The wife of a Summerdale pastor missing for over four months has returned to Baldwin County. Stankoski says Smith had been living and working…

Toy Recall
Fisher-Price Recalls Licensed Character Toys Due To Lead Poisoning Hazard

Missing Pastor’s Wife Returns to Gulf Coast
A Summerdale pastor's wife who disappeared four months ago says she came home to set the record straight about why she left. Mary Byrne Smith's…

Wed August 01 2007

Controversy With BayFest Performer
The City of Mobile hopes some Grammy award winning singers will draw in thousands of music lovers for this year's BayFest, but one musician is…

Toddler Neglected
Two-year old girl found wandering busy street. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office says the two-year old girl wandered away from her home. Deputies…

Alabama Tax Free Shopping Holiday
School starts soon in Alabama. Do your children have the supplies they need? The State of Alabama wants to help you save money on school supplies.…

Amazing Weight Loss Stories
They lost weight the natural way and these days that’s truly amazing. Find out how two people lost more than 100 lbs each.

Lewis Arraignment
A Prichard mother who police say confessed to killing her four week old baby girl told a judge she's not guilty. Tyese Lewis made her second…

226th Returns
More than 100 soldiers based out of a Mobile National Guard are back on the Gulf Coast after spending 14 months in Iraq. The soldiers from Mobile's…

Pay Discrimination Ruling
Statute of limitations removed for pay discrimination lawsuits for longtime company employees.

Tue July 31 2007

Copper Theft Crackdown
The recent rise in the number of copper thefts have Mobile police working overtime to catch crooks. But, instead of trying to catch the thieves…

Beat The Heat
A Baldwin County man found a creative way to stay cool.

School Safety Director
Baldwin County Schools are taking steps to become safer

Mon July 30 2007

Team Focus
Team Focus is a Mobile based mentoring program for young men. The program provides leaders and role models for boys without strong father figures…

Tuberville Updates Recruits
Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville said today that linebacker Eltoro Freeman of Benjamin Russell High School in Alexander City will NOT be…

Is Post Partum Depression A Motive In Baby’s Murder?
Why would a mother kill her baby- Many people might be asking that question after Prichard Police say 18-year-old Tyese Lewis admitted to doing…

Pharm Parties
A dangerous new game is being played by children across the Gulf Coast. Kids as young as nine are abusing prescription drugs. Many kids are selling…

BayBears Manager Suffers Mild Stroke
Former major leaguer Brett Butler was recovering from a mild stroke today, two days after he became ill. The Arizona Diamondbacks said in a statement…

Landfill Search Suspended
Prichard's police chief is calling in more help to find the body of 4-week-old Zarial Lewis. The infant's mother, Tyrese Lewis, 18, confessed…

Prichard Mom in Court
A woman who confessed to killing her own child made her first appearance in court Monday. 18-year-old Tyese Lewis walked into the courtroom without…

Missing Woman from Baldwin Co. Surfaces
More than four months after she disappeared, police have found Mary Byrne Smith. And she's alive as her husband, two kids, family and friends…

Amnesty Update
Thousands of people owe the city ten million dollars in outstanding fines. One hundred thousand dollars has been collected so far. If you don't…

Sun July 29 2007

BayBears Manager Hospitalized
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Former major leaguer Brett Butler is recovering from a mild stroke after he became ill Friday night. The Arizona Diamondbacks…

Internet Radio Royalty Battle
Spinning tunes from your basement over the World Wide Web is going to become a lot more expensive. New copyright royalty fees went into effect…

The Search Resumes For Baby Zarial
All eyes will be on a massive search for a 4-week old baby that Prichard Police believe was tossed in the trash. The mother, Tyese Lewis, confessed…

Tropical Storms Becoming More Frequent-
WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers say the number of tropical storms developing annually in the Atlantic Ocean more than doubled over the past century,…

Gas Price Drop Predicted
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Good news at the pump. The U.S. Department of Energy says gas inventories rose by nearly 800,000 barrels. Refineries are reporting…

Tax Holiday
Alabama will hold it's second annual sales tax holiday August 3rd through the 5th. Clothes costing $100 or less are included as well as school…

Sat July 28 2007

Motorcycle Crash Claims Patriot Guard Rider
LOCUST FORK, Ala. (AP) - A Patriot Guard rider was killed this morning in a motorcycle crash while on his way to honor a Locust Fork soldier…

Alabama Soldier Remembered
JASPER, Ala. (AP) - Some 200 mourners said farewell today to Army Specialist Richard Gilmore the Third, Walker County's first fatality of the…

Civil War Sailor Laid To Rest In Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A Confederate sailor's remains recovered several years ago from a shipwreck at the bottom of the English Channel were buried…