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ATHENS — There is a “good possibility” the new Athens High will not be ready when students return for classes Aug. 30, Superintendent Trey Holladay said.

MOULTON — A little more than two months after a divided Lawrence County Commission voted to continue providing free dumpsters, District 4 will pilot a plan designed to eliminate overflowing dumpsters and control contractor usage.

A fired warden’s lawsuit against Sheriff Ana Franklin, three of her employees and the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is a compendium of the admitted and alleged misdeeds of the sheriff’s two terms in office.

The federal indictment of state Rep. Ed Henry is based in large part on someone else waiving Medicare co-payments, which his lawyer said last week is a “weird” charge that demonstrates the goal of the indictment is to get Henry…

Dog parks built by neighboring north Alabama cities cost less than the off-leash dog park a nonprofit committee wants to build at Decatur’s Wilson Morgan Park.

HUNTSVILLE — A Decatur woman is dead and two teenagers are in custody following a fatal shooting Friday night in Huntsville, according to Huntsville police.

HUNTSVILLE — A Decatur woman is dead and two teenagers are in custody following a fatal shooting Friday night in Huntsville, according to Huntsville police.

Authorities are searching for a Decatur work release inmate who walked away from his job site in Tuscumbia.

A Mediterranean-style cafe will join the restaurant offerings in downtown Decatur, possibly in a couple of weeks.