Bayou La Batre News

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, a Mobile native, is stepping down next month after four years as America's top doctor.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. A relative of former Bayou La Batre mayor Stan Wright is charged with selling drugs.

A documentary based on the book "In the Path of the Storms" is up for an Emmy. MOBILE, Alabama - At an Atlanta awards ceremony last Saturday, a locally-made documentary starring Bayou La Batre won an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement from the Southeast Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. Two candidates have now qualified for the Bayou La Batre mayoral race.

"Everybody has a role in elections," Roxann Dyess said. "I have a wonderful team and certainly could not do it all by myself."

You can't find anything like it anywhere else." After Richard McGill moved to Los Angeles to live the life of creativity and glamor, he was quickly dismayed to find the big city wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

Even though you're not from here, as long as you can gain people's trust you're part of the family.

The bayou's next mayor will be chosen in a special election on Aug. 13, according to Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis.

Memories have faded since Hurricane Ivan slammed Alabama in 2004, the last time the state suffered a direct hit from a hurricane.

In this 2004 file photo, Ernie Vain looks at the remains of a Days Inn parking lot in Orange Beach.

Memories have faded since Hurricane Ivan slammed Alabama in 2004, the last time the state suffered a direct hit from a hurricane.

At least one potential candidate for Bayou La Batre mayor will be meeting with members of Gov.

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. Some Bayou La Batre residents are on a mission to help the folks in Moore, Oklahoma, who are rebuilding after the tornado.

A documentary based on the book "In the Path of the Storms" is up for an Emmy. MOBILE, Alabama --At an awards ceremony in Atlanta on Saturday June 8, a locally-made documentary starring Bayou La Batre will be in the running for the Emmy for Outstanding Achievement.