05/26/11 BAYOU LA BATRE, Alabama - Mobile residents pay attention. Many people in Mobile County heard the tornado sirens go off Thursday afternoon. And the sirens, along with sinister skies, definitely got one family's attention. Damon Chesney said he knew something was wrong when he was watching TV at his home in Grand Bay, so, he phoned his ex-wife in Bayou La Batre. Chesney said, "I told her to put it ...
04/29/11 Leading Worldwide Health and Wellness Expert and U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin Will Speak at 205th Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Commencement May 28
04/28/11 David Sessions, the Republican nominee for state House District 105, on Wednesday announced an endorsement from Bill Meredith, one of his former GOP primary opponents.
04/26/11 BAYOU LA BATRE, Alabama - News 5 is taking the show on the road. Every Thursday, for the next four weeks, News 5 at 6:00 will be live on location. This week's Hometown Tour stop, Bayou La Batre . We'll be at Saint Margaret Catholic Church on South Wintzell Avenue. Come on out and meet Mel Showers and Rose Ann Haven. We'll talk to Mayor Stan Wright, preview this year's Blessing of the Fleet and ...
04/14/11 "If we really want to reform our health care in our country we need to prevent people from getting sick in the first place," Regina Benjamin told Alabama legislators.
04/14/11 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is back home in Alabama promoting her efforts to move the country toward a health care system based on increasing overall wellness and preventing illness.
04/12/11 The deadline to join a federal lawsuit against Transocean and other companies responsible for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is April 20, 2011. Local attorney, Steve Nicholas, with the Mobile group Cunningham Bounds, LLC, will be at a meeting in South Mobile County April 12.
04/12/11 Without a significant and costly beach rebuilding program, erosion threatens the survival of the west end of Dauphin Island as a residential area and leaves the bulk of Alabama's coastal marshland vulnerable to destruction, according to the results of a multi-year study.
04/10/11 Fire officials responded to a fire that threatened homes Sunday, April 10 in the Heron Bay community. Fire officials believe an arsonist may be responsible.
04/09/11 David Sessions spent nearly $25,000 on advertising during the final days of the GOP primary for House District 105 and left him with less than $500 for the May 10 general election. Thanks to a personal loan, Constitution Party candidate Bill Atkinson has a 4-to-1 edge.
03/22/11 (AP:BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.) Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says payment of claims from last spring's BP PLC Gulf oil spill has been too slow and has sent a letter of complaint to claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg .
03/21/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says payment of claims from last spring's Gulf oil spill has been too slow and has sent a letter of complaint to claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg . Strange said Monday the Gulf Coast Claims Facility has dragged its feet until victims are desperate to settle for anything. Strange was in ...
03/21/11 Associated Press - March 21, 2011 2:55 PM ET BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says payment of claims from last spring's Gulf oil spill has been too slow and...
03/21/11 BAYOU LA BATRE, Alabama - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says the Gulf Coast Claims Facility has dragged its feet until victims are desperate to settle for anything. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says payment of claims from last spring's Gulf oil spill has been too slow and has sent a letter of complaint to claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg . Strange said Monday the Gulf ...
03/21/11 Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says payment of claims from last spring's Gulf oil spill has been too slow and has sent a letter of complaint to claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg .
03/21/11 BAYOU LA BATRE, Alabama - Strong words for BP from Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange. Strong words for BP from Alabama's governor and attorney general. Governor Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange made a stop in Bayou La Batre Monday to encourage Alabamians devastated by the Gulf oil spill to get in on the state's lawsuit against the oil giant. As ...
03/21/11 Six years after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and almost one year after the Gulf oil spill, Lorraine Hughes knows there are families who still desperately need help. Ms. Hughes, of Calverton, was one of 53 members of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rocky Point who flew to Alabama last month to rebuild [...]
03/16/11 U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin wants to make long overdue changes to how Americans pay for and access medical care. Benjamin visited two San Mateo County hospitals Tuesday to talk about a 'holistic approach' to health care that addresses patient issues that can't be solved with a prescription pad. Health care reform, she said, begins with community health.
03/16/11 Much like his predecessor Bob Riley, Gov. Robert Bentley has chosen and coaxed into service people who are serving to better the state and not themselves.
03/15/11 Bengals defensive end Antwan Odom 's luxury home near Cincinnati was heavily damaged by fire Tuesday. According to a report by WCPO-TV, firefighters arrived at about 2:00am local time as flames shot from the top of the home. | 
