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Despite the golf course and indoor ice rink being below financial projections, Point Mallard Park is making money midway through the summer season.

An early hiring plan has helped Decatur City Schools reduce its number of teaching vacancies, Superintendent Michael Douglas said Wednesday.

A previously derailed multimillion-dollar settlement between West Morgan-East Lawrence Water Authority and Daikin over contaminated drinking water is back on track, ending the need for a rate increase to pay for a temporary filtration system.

Lawrence County restaurant ratings, from July 9-13. These ratings are provided to The Decatur Daily by the Lawrence County Health Department.

A Hartselle woman is accused of testing positive for THC when she gave birth, according to Decatur police.

Morgan County had voter turnout of 9.07 percent Tuesday for a primary runoff election in which there were no local races on the ballot.

Decatur City Schools delayed Michael Douglas’ evaluation as superintendent because data from the Alabama Association of School Boards is not complete, school board members said during their Tuesday meeting.

A caller to the Morgan County E-911 Center said she thought she heard fireworks near her Eighth Street apartment July 7, but when she looked outside, she saw a man’s body on the ground, according to a 911 transcript.

ATHENS — Three of the four teenagers injured in a July 4 vehicle accident in Athens have been released from UAB Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Several major items likely led to the $198,000 bid that surprised the Wilson Morgan dog park committee, the architect said Tuesday.