81 YR OLD TIED UP AND ROBBED

CHICKASAW AL....JULY 8 2007 Chickasaw police today arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with a robbery in which an 81-year-old man was tied up at his home.
William Terrell Entrekin of Chickasaw was being held tonight in Mobile County Metro Jail on $13,300 bond. Police charged him with first-degree robbery and second-degree burglary, according to Sgt. Brad Penton. Entrekin, who was convicted in 1999 for receiving stolen property, has been doing odd jobs such as mowing people's lawns to make some money, Penton said.
On Thursday, Entrekin was on 10th Avenue and knocked on the door of an 81-year-old man who had paid Entrekin to do some yard work at his house, Penton said. Entrekin asked if he could borrow a shovel, and the man invited Entrekin inside while he went to retrieve it, Penton said.
Once inside, Entrekin pulled out an electrical cord he had brought and tied the man's arms behind his back, Penton said. Entrekin took the man's wallet, threatened violence and told the man he planned to steal his car, Penton said.

THE AFTERMATH OF STORMS by; Rick McCann

MOBILE, AL—–JULY 8 2007 A Walmart on the service road of I-65 was hit by what emergency workers say was a microburst during a severe thunderstorm. The high winds tore off much of the roof, water poured inside a large area of the store damaging goods and causing flooding. A gaspipe also broke and there was damage to the front area of the store. Yet, less than a week later store officials say that they will be open within a week. A crane is being used to help repair the roof and both store employees and contractors have been working on the damage night and day in an effort to get this busy store back in tip top shape and reopened.
A passer- by who caught the twister on his cellphone said that it was definitely a tornado that was spinning on the west side of interstate 65 and he watched it as it came across and hit the Walmart store.
Other businesses and police officials say that there was no other report of damage in the area along the service road but there had been a sighting of another funnel cloud near the Daulphin Island Road area.