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A variety show filled with humor, dances and skits will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives on Sunday. Directed by Stacey Givens, the production, created in the style of Athens’ annual Poke Sallet Follies show,…

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Point Mallard Park is getting a $425,000 soccer facility with the help of the Kiwanis Club of Decatur and an Alabama Tourism Department grant — if the City Council accepts the grant.

A tower of soap suds partially obscures the Point Mallard entrance sign on Monday.

ATHENS — Athens High School students will start the school year Aug. 30 at the former Athens Middle School on Clinton Street, then move into the new high school under construction on U.S. 31 North on Nov. 19, Superintendent Trey…

The day before her scheduled due process hearing with Decatur City Schools' Board of Education, Carrie Cabri Witt resigned as a teacher at Decatur High.

Some Decatur residents and businesses, including Riverwalk Marina, are still dealing with damage from the storm that hit the city April 3.

ATHENS — A proposed incentive for a developer to open a Panera Bread restaurant on U.S. 72 was pulled from the City Council’s agenda this evening.

TRINITY — Despite objections from two people, the Trinity Town Council voted 5-0 tonight to reduce the alcohol sales setback from churches and schools from 1,000 feet to 250 feet.

MOULTON — The Moulton sewer plant is needing a $5 million upgrade within the next five years, according to sewer services manager Mark Heflin.