Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of World War II veterans from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Orange Beach has placed a second round of engraved bricks at its Veterans Memorial, honoring local veterans and first responders, with a third order scheduled for installation next month.
Two unusual cenotaphs in Clarke County's Pleasant Grove Baptist Cemetery honor Clarence Lowrey and Ray Jones, local sailors lost at sea during World War II whose bodies were never recovered.
Combat veterans from three wars were the guests of honor Wednesday evening as the Mobile-area community gathered for a sold-out Christmas dinner at the Steel Creek Lodge in Satsuma. The…
A Mobile man marked his 82nd birthday in a way few celebrations do — by inviting two World War II veterans to celebrate with him. Freddy Sigler, a lifelong Mobile…
Bay Minette resident Dr. Don Salls, the oldest living University of Alabama football alumnus, turned 100 on June 24, prompting a birthday celebration at the Paul W. Bryant Museum honoring…
Schoolchildren joined WWII veterans Saturday as Baldwin County dedicated its first Blue Star Memorial Highway marker near Daphne and Fairhope.
A Bay Minette breakfast honored Dr. Barry Booth and Baldwin County supporters of the regional Honor Flight program for WWII veterans.
Hundreds gathered in downtown Mobile for the annual Veterans Day Parade, honoring local veterans including a WWII POW survivor.
Honor Flight South Alabama announced an all-day fundraiser at H&D Cycles in Lillian, featuring a poker run, raffle and silent auction, capped by a ceremony honoring local World War II…