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Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell says he keeps state-issued money for the feeding of inmates in a personal account, but doesn't know if he has personally profited from the $1.75 per-inmate, per-day payments.

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A jury, after about three hours of deliberations Thursday, found a Decatur man not guilty of murder.

About 200 runners are expected to participate in the eighth annual Bill J. Dukes 7@7 Run on Saturday starting at 7 a.m. at Point Mallard Park's Expo Pavilion.

Veteran journalist Bruce McLellan has been promoted to executive editor of The Decatur Daily.

Motorists should expect a single-lane closure on Interstate 65 northbound at the Norfolk Southern railroad overpass north of Exit 340 at Interstate 565 in Limestone County this weekend, the Alabama Department of Transportation advises.

Three Morgan County men were charged with stealing property from a Decatur home, Decatur police said.

Veteran journalist Bruce McLellan has been promoted to executive editor of The Decatur Daily.