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Two birds that overcame serious injuries because of the efforts of volunteers regained their freedom this week.

A man and a woman were in custody Tuesday evening after they allegedly drove off in a vehicle left running at a Chevron station on Sixth Avenue and ended up at the southbound Interstate 65 bridge at the Tennessee River,…

The country’s opioid crisis led to more than 60,000 deaths in 2017, exceeding the number of Americans who died in the Vietnam War, State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said Tuesday.

Morgan County employees will not see an increase in their health insurance premiums in fiscal 2019, commissioners said Tuesday.

Arrests

A man charged with making a terrorist threat Sunday at a Limestone County church that he entered with two handguns was released from jail Tuesday on $50,000 bail.

A nursing home employee has been charged with elder abuse, according to Decatur police.

MONTGOMERY — State Board of Education member Cynthia McCarty, whose District 6 includes Morgan County, was elected vice president of the board today.

The country’s opioid crisis led to more than 60,000 deaths in 2017, exceeding the number of Americans who died in the Vietnam War, State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said today in Decatur.

Decatur Police took a man into custody this afternoon near the southbound Interstate 65 bridge at the Tennessee River after he and a woman allegedly drove off in a vehicle left running at a Chevron station on Sixth Avenue, according…