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The Morgan County Commission approved a 10-year tax abatement for a precision machine company that is expected to employ 30 workers with an annual average wage of $50,000.

Police have charged a Decatur woman with stealing property at a store.

The Alabama Department of Transportation’s statewide bridge crew is working today on the Interstate 65 bridge over the Tennessee River, and the outside northbound lane will be closed from until 3 p.m., according to DOT spokesman Seth Burkett.

ATHENS — An Elkton, Tennessee, man charged with attempted murder is the third person facing charges in the June 6 shooting on Founders Circle in the Canebrake subdivision, according to Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson.

Site work resumed this morning for the Toyota-Mazda manufacturing plant after being halted since July 9, according to Toyota spokeswoman Kim Ogle.

For-profit Strayer University of Virginia today announced a new program that will offer 50 full-tuition scholarships to Decatur residents and tentatively include a local student-support center.

MOULTON — Consultants will inspect the Lawrence County Courthouse this morning to give county officials an estimate on how much work will be needed to restore the building following a July 2 fire.

Decatur’s new high schools will have hundreds of wireless access points, and the district plans to provide Chromebooks for every student in grades 4-12 when they return in August.

The Decatur City Council majority made it clear at a called work session Monday evening that Wilson Morgan Lake is working properly for flood control and dredging the Southwest Decatur lake isn’t an option.

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