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Police have charged a Decatur resident with abusing a child.

A traffic stop of a speeding vehicle resulted in a marijuana trafficking charge early this morning, Decatur police said.

A Morgan County grand jury has indicted a Hartselle businesswoman on animal cruelty charges, according to the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office.

A Decatur Middle School coach, formerly a coach at Calhoun Community College, was charged last week with misdemeanor assault and harassment after allegedly beating two men and a woman near Point Mallard Golf Course.

MOULTON — The Lawrence County Commission will have a special meeting next week to address courthouse repairs, according to County Administrator Heather Dyar.

Two Decatur residents were charged when they were found with heroin after a traffic stop by several agencies, said Decatur police.

Decatur police have charged a Cullman man with fraudulent use of a credit card.

ATHENS — Looney Road in Limestone Commission District 1 will be closed until 11:30 a.m. today between Compton and Johnson Street, according to the county Emergency Management Agency.

Residents and city officials want the main entrance of Sixth Avenue/U.S. 31 in and out of Decatur to be more eye-appealing, but a lack of funding and an already-developed area along this corridor have gotten in the way.

Tonight is the chance for the public to tell the Decatur City Council whether it would support a possible 1- to 2-cent gas tax increase.