Bayou La Batre News

Defendant Janey Galbraith enters the federal courthouse in Mobile, Alabama, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, for her public corruption case.

Defendant Janey Galbraith enters the courtroom on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Mobile, Alabama.

Wednesday was day three of testimony in the feeral trial of two defendants in the Bayou La Batre corruption case.

Janey Galbraith, a grant manager whose corruption trial began in federal court on Monday, May 21, 2012, leaves the federal courthouse in Mobile, Alabama, after her arraignment on Wednesday, Dec.

Janey Galbraith, a grant manager whose corruption trial began in federal court on Monday, May 21, 2012, leaves the federal courthouse in Mobile, Alabama, after her arraignment on Wednesday, Dec.

A local investor has paid $1 million for the 64-unit Oak Tree Apartments at 5675 Old Pascagoula Road in Theodore, according to Mamun Siddiq of REMAX Partners, who represented the buyer.

A federal judge in Mobile, Alabama, on Thursday, May 17, 2012, ruled that prosecutors can use some challenged evidence against Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright, in his upcoming corruption trial.

Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright leaves the federal courthouse in Mobile, Alabama, on Wednesday, Oct.

Water is fun! That's why millions of people flood beaches every year; but, for many it's how they make a living.

Gulf Coast promoters are launching a new marketing campaign to increase sales of Alabama seafood.

"I definitely think it's time for him to resign. I asked him personally the other day to consider his family in this.

The shrimp boat Dreamer was the winner in the large commercal boat division for the boat decoration contest at Sunday's Blessing of the Fleet in Bayou La Batre.

When Allen and Renee Tepper left Bellingrath Gardens on Sunday and headed south in their car, all they were looking for was a bayou.

As a founder of the Bayou Recovery Project, Daphne German, right, oversees the food pantry at Hemley Road Church of Christ in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

"They are very smelly," said Gabriela Gurau, a chemist who is trying to turn that foul-smelling waste into a money-making biomedical product.

After a fire badly damaged First Baptist Church of Bayou La Batre on Feb. 29, the steeple had to be removed in order to replace the roof.

The Blessing of the Fleet , hosted by St. Margaret's Catholic Church, has roots going back hundreds of years to Europe, where clergy blessed those in their local fishing communities so that they would have a bountiful season and a safe return.

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced two grants this morning totaling $1 million for two local health clinics to expand services and patient care.

Are you looking for something fun to do the evening of Saturday, May 5 along the Mobile, Alabama Gulf Coast? Organizers of the 63rd Annual St.

The Blessing of the Fleet is a tradition that began centuries agoA and was brought to our coastal fishing communities by immigrants.