Prichard News

Nov. 20 - Prichard police are looking for a 24-year-old man they say shot a man and his 1-year-old daughter earlier this month.

Andre Antonio Manassa: Accused of shooting a Prichard, Ala., father and his young daughter.

Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board Superintendent Paul David is shown in Judge Michael McMaken's courtroom Friday, June 17, 2005, at Mobile Government Plaza in downtown Mobile, Ala.

Nov. 18 - The fire started Tuesday night at a vacant house on West Pertain Street.

Nov. 17 - Two homes caught fire on West Petain Street in Prichard Tuesday evening.

Lawyers for nearly 50 Prichard pensioners went to U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Mobile on Monday asking permission to continue their lawsuit against the city seeking millions of dollars.

Just before Prichard filed for bankruptcy protection, the mayor asked council members to put up a plot of land at the city's High Pointe Golf Course as collateral for a half-million-dollar line of credit.

Nov. 13 - Lawrence Batistte is resigning his position as chief of police to become the Strickland Youth Center's chief parole officer.

Prichard police Chief Lawrence L. Battiste is quitting the force, he said Thursday, stepping down about a year early in his five-year contract.

Nov. 12 - The allegations were shocking. While looking for his lost dog Chopper, Jake Baldwin and his family say they discovered appalling conditions at the Prichard Animal Shelter.

Nov. 5 - It's a big problem at local schools; crooks stealing copper and selling it.

A 19-month-old girl was critically wounded by a gunfire in broad daylight Saturday on Prichard's busiest street, according to Prichard police.

Jacqueline Arnold and her husband, Alfred, are among the Prichard city retirees who are sorely missing their pension checks.

Mobile police chased a man from Toulminville to Whistler in Prichard before arresting him after a crash Wednesday afternoon, police spokesman Cpl.

A man suspected of robbing a 24-hour restaurant in Prichard today was shot shortly after the holdup, but police released few details about either incident.

The debt in Prichard is likely to exceed $1 million, far more than the figure initially indicated in a list of the city's largest creditors.

An attorney representing Prichard in the south Alabama city's bankruptcy proceedings says the city's debt is probably more than $1 million.

Oct. 28 - Two men are facing charges after witnesses say they threatned a couple of women early this morning on Percy Avenue in Prichard.

Rising to the judicial bench in 1989, Herman Thomas quickly made a name for himself for his active roles in Mobile's civic life.

Officer Jackie Tucker waits patiently at City Hall. Prichard Police set up a sting operation Friday to arrest criminals wanted on warrants.