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A jury this afternoon found a Decatur man not guilty of murder in a trial that started Tuesday in Morgan County Circuit Court.

A Morgan County Jail inmate who escaped while on a work detail Friday night was captured Tuesday night, said an investigator with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office.

Monday is the deadline to nominate candidates for the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce’s Athena International Leadership Award.

Arguing she may be a target in an ongoing criminal investigation, Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin has successfully argued her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination allows her to avoid testifying in two lawsuits filed against her.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant declared a notice of unusual event at 6:03 p.m. Wednesday because of a fire in a Unit 3 condensate control panel, and the fire didn’t affect the unit’s operation, according to a statement from the Tennessee…

Student-athletes were introduced during Decatur High's Meet the Raiders event last Thursday evening. Scrimmages were canceled because of a thunderstorm, forcing the event into the new gym. It marked the beginning of Decatur High football's 100th season.

TRINITY — West Morgan’s new high school gymnasium will not be ready before the volleyball season ends, but it should be completed before the basketball season starts, school officials said Wednesday.

ATHENS — A team from Main Street Alabama will be in Athens next week to get community input for developing a plan for downtown Athens’ future.

Decatur residents should expect increases in their utility bills starting Oct. 1.

Some Morgan County residents will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for flood insurance on property recently added to the flood zone map.