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The Decatur Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying several persons of interest in car break-ins.

The Decatur Police Department was selected as the Community Policing in Action Photo Contest winner for the month of August by the Department of Justice’s COPS division.

Calhoun Community College’s athletic programs will not be eliminated, the school's acting president said Wednesday.

NORTH COURTLAND — Facing questions about a long history of financial discrepancies, the North Courtland Volunteer Fire Department is in limbo and now without a fire chief.

ATHENS — Restoration work continues on the Athens residence of former Gov. George S. Houston, and board members overseeing the library and museum there hope to open part of the building in time for Athens’ bicentennial celebration.

A Morgan County Jail inmate who escaped Monday morning while on a work detail was back in custody Wednesday, authorities said, while the search continues for another inmate who left a work detail last week.

The first steps in borrowing $25 million for a reverse osmosis filtration system to remove industrial toxins from drinking water will be on the agenda this morning at a board meeting of the West Morgan-East Lawrence Water and Sewer Authority.

Two of the focuses in Decatur City Schools when students return Aug. 15 will be attendance and staying positive.

Spectators watched 2,000-horsepower trucks and 3,000-horsepower tractors compete to pull the heaviest sled at Tanner High School during the Tanner High Quarterback Club’s 42nd annual tractor and truck pull this past weekend. Funds raised pay for football uniforms, baseball and…

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