Spanish Fort News

By Memorial Day 2013, work should be complete on one of Alabama's most ambitious memorials to those who have served their country, state and county officials said.

DAPHNE, Alabama -- The tiny Park City Water Authority on Tuesday will present its customers with three options for the future: raising rates significantly, dissolving the system in favor of Daphne Utilities or trying to drill its own well.

SPANISH FORT, Alabama -- By Memorial Day 2013, work should be complete on one of Alabama's most ambitious memorials to those who have served their country, state and county officials said.

Tom Odom greets his brother, World War II veteran Morgan Odom, with a smile and handshake as he returns home from the HonorFlight at Mobile Regional Airport in Mobile, Alabama, on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

Two U.S. Army veterans, Jason Day, left, and Justin Bond, center, who call themselves "Vets on Segs," meeti with veteran Lou Lartigue before leaving Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Ala., and riding across the Causeway on Segways Wednesday morning, May 23, 2012, en route to American Legion Post 199 in Fairhope, Ala.

James Aaron Jones, 49, of Spanish Fort, was booked into Baldwin County jail Thursday on charges of criminal non-support, according to court officials.

Jonathan Cook, cornerback from Spanish Fort, Ala., has seen a lot of coaches come through this spring.

Mobile resident Nell Portella, left, is donating a kidney to her sister, Suzanne Mullen of Fairhope.

Alabama's first state-operated veterans cemetery is located on Highway 225 north of Spanish Fort across from Historic Blakeley State Park.

The Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce wants to capitalize on the education of it's residents with it's economic plan.

World War II veterans are greeted by friends and family at the Mobile Regional Airport in Mobile, AL as they return home from the Honor Flight on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

The City of Daphne may purchase some homes in Alabama's largest subdivision to address a recurring flooding issue.