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The city of Decatur didn’t receive a bid this afternoon at the bid opening for the Wilson Morgan dog park.

The Morgan County Sheriff's Office is asking for help in finding a jail inmate who escaped while on a work detail Monday morning, according to Sheriff Ana Franklin.

Decatur police say a Decatur resident gave a false name to avoid a warrant with another police department.

Calhoun Community College will host an “Instant Admission Day” on both campuses for fall semester Aug. 8 at each campus.

PINEY CHAPEL — The Piney Chapel American Farm Heritage Days event will combine old tractors, antiques and live entertainment Friday and Saturday.

Decatur resident Linda Morris, representing the River City Center, finished third runner-up at the Ms. Alabama Nursing Home Pageant held Monday in Birmingham. The title went to Annie Avery, of East Glen Center for Nursing & Rehab in Birmingham, who…

Two juveniles were charged with entering the new Austin High School campus on July 16 and taking property from a school employee’s office, according to Decatur police.

Users of the Decatur-Morgan County Senior Center, speaking out against any potential budget cuts, filled City Hall’s seventh floor Monday past its fire code allowance.

A federal indictment last week didn’t name former Decatur Rep. Micky Hammon as a defendant, but it accused the 60-year-old who this month filed bankruptcy of being identified by co-conspirators with an alias — “Bill Johnson" — as he accepted…

The Decatur High School band practices marching Monday at Delano Park.