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At about 3:48 p.m. Friday, a bomb threat was called to City Hall, according to Decatur police....

A Decatur man was charged with trafficking methamphetamine following a traffic stop in Decatur on Thursday, according to Decatur police....

ATHENS — A single-vehicle wreck killed a Toney woman Friday morning about six miles north of Athens, according to Alabama state troopers....

Decatur City Hall has closed and police are sweeping the building following a bomb threat this afternoon, Mayor Tab Bowling confirmed at 4:10 p.m....

In the first week of a nine-week certification class, firefighters from the region braved frigid temperatures Thursday morning as they learned how to properly wear safety equipment....

A proposal to build what a Decatur official referred to as an "industrial" crematorium that could have serviced multiple funeral homes was nixed, but a slimmed down version was approved this week for Reynolds Funeral Home on West Moulton Street....

A burglar who entered the occupied home of an Indian Hills Road woman thought better of his plans when she pulled a gun on him, according to Decatur police....

Construction has started on Champion of Decatur's $5 million expansion for its Jeep line, and the Planning Commission chairman says the project will benefit the city financially....

Decatur police plan to close major roads in downtown Decatur on Feb. 18 for the Carnegie Carnival Mardi Gras parades....

Piles of rock, dirt and construction debris on Fairground and Sims roads in Southwest Decatur are causing concern for a nearby business, but a city official said there are plans to clean up the properties....

Preliminary plans for a new subdivision near Austin High School and an addition to a subdivision in the Burningtree area, both approved by the Planning Commission this week, raised concerns among neighbors....

A 23-year-old Lacey's Spring man in Morgan County Jail on charges that include first-degree sexual abuse has over the last four years faced multiple charges but was out on bond Saturday when he allegedly entered a neighbor's house and began......

ATHENS — Contractors and other individuals digging in Athens have damaged utility lines multiple times in some weeks, but the city hopes the number of accidents declines after it made it a violation of city law to dig without determining......

The following local Harding University students were included on the dean's list for grades achieved during the fall 2022 semester:...

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HUNTSVILLE — U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is likely to get his meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the pending move of the U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Alabama after the Colorado Democrat threatened this week to put a hold......

Crews from Decatur Utilities will repair a water main about 600 feet south of Indian Hills Road and Roberts Catfish Lane Southeast on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m....

Morgan County Commission Chairman Ray Long and commissioners will highlight the past year while looking ahead to what's on the horizon for the county Feb. 22 in Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce's annual State of the County breakfast....

The EF1 tornado on Jan. 12 caused more destruction to 74-year-old Larry LouAllen's Lawrence County farm than the killer twisters of 2011 and 1974, and damages from the storm are expected to total $400,000 in Morgan County and as much......

Customers of Decatur Utilities will see an increase in their bills for water used in January, an increase that was not put on the City Council agenda and that therefore received no vote or discussion despite the council's ability to......

FLORENCE — Since Alabama's teacher shortage is a continual concern, the University of North Alabama in partnership with South Korea's Ministry of Education is taking steps to help remedy the situation....

With the Morgan County Jail short 23 workers, Sheriff Ron Puckett hopes to add part-time jailers and reduce the strain on the rest of his staff in a county with one of the state's lowest unemployment rates....

MOULTON — A Hillsboro man accused of stabbing a Tennessee man to death remains in Morgan County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail after a Lawrence County grand jury indicted him for murder....

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A Decatur Utilities contractor had to add another day to a sewer maintenance project that's requiring the closure of the turn lane of Eighth Street Southwest between Second Avenue and Central Parkway....

The Daily's annual Opportunity section this month will explore the major role agriculture still plays in this area, and we'd like your memories of growing up or living on a farm....

A lawsuit that sought to remove the new Hartselle superintendent was thrown out by a Morgan County judge who said fears about the superintendent's future actions were speculative and that there was no evidence the school board violated the Open......

MOULTON — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information on a 2020 fatal gas station shooting in Lawrence County that authorities initially were told was a suicide but now are investigating as a homicide....

The Space Coast has another new rocket in town as the United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur arrived by ship over the weekend ahead of its first-ever launch this year....

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A juvenile male suffered a gunshot wound early Sunday morning, according to Decatur police....

A storm front moving into the Valley on Tuesday night is expected to bring about 1 inch of rain and wind gusts up to 40 mph, according to the National Weather Service in Huntsville....

Starting Tuesday morning, Decatur Utilities plans to close the portion of Vine Street Northeast between Bank and Canal streets for the next two days....

A Morgan County circuit judge on Friday night dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate the hiring of a new Hartselle City Schools superintendent, but the lawyer for the parent who filed the lawsuit today asked the court to reconsider......

MOULTON — Standing in front of a wall featuring his multimedia pieces, Milton Bowens pointed to a work honoring Victor Hugo Green....

A $2 million bridge feasibility study that received final approval from the City Council last week will evaluate the best location for an additional bridge to handle increasing traffic to and from Decatur, and also look at whether the existing......

Indicted by a Morgan County grand jury on three counts of home repair fraud and two related counts of forgery, a Huntsville man remains in the Morgan County Jail more than six months after his arrest....

The Decatur City Board of Education last week approved a move implemented this year reducing the number of common assessments of junior high and high school students from four to three per school year....

Tessa is a 1-year-old heeler mix who came in as a stray. She weighs 35 pounds. She is very active and loves to play. She has also been sponsored and will be a free adoption. Maverick and his brother came......

The Decatur City Board of Education approved the following personnel actions Tuesday:...

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Archeologists and volunteers Friday on Redstone Arsenal were digging, documenting and photographing items they unearthed on land that has served humans as ancient hunting grounds, home to an antebellum plantation and lastly a Black-owned farm before becom...

A Falkville man died in a one-vehicle wreck Friday evening, according to state troopers....

Morgan County had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state for December, and Limestone County's rate was nearly as low, according to statistics released today by the Alabama Department of Labor....

Nolan Lang said the decision to sell the family sporting goods business of 62 years was not easy, but he just felt the time was right....

Developers of two proposed Decatur apartment complexes — among the six developers who introduced plans last year for multi-family residential properties — took additional steps in the approval process this week....

A Decatur cancer doctor whose license was revoked last year is now a defendant in a lawsuit alleging he prescribed narcotics for a young woman to push her into a sexual relationship, and the resulting addiction led to her death....

Decatur police patrolling outside an apartment complex Wednesday in response to citizen complaints of drug activity arrested three men on felony charges and are looking for a fourth after police say the men ran from their car when they were......

CULLMAN — A preliminary hearing was held last week in a criminal harassment case filed by Cullman City Schools against a Cullman High School senior who has diagnosed autism spectrum disorder....