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TOWN CREEK — Authorities arrested two men Sunday night during a raid on an illegal alcohol establishment north of Town Creek that included space for “exotic dancers” and operated in a mobile home, the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said in…

ATHENS — Leaders of the church where a man is accused of attempting to pull a gun during Sunday morning services say they are resolved to resume their normal routine.

Morgan County employees once again will not see an increase in their health insurance premiums in fiscal 2019.

Decatur police said today they have a suspect in the shooting Saturday that left a 31-year-old Decatur man dead of multiple gunshot wounds at apartments in the 200 block of Eighth Street Southwest.

The Mental Health Association in Morgan County named Decatur resident Susan Claborn as the new executive director.

Camp Carnegie participants, from left, Sadie Wilson, Erin King, Locke Lovelace and Everett Winkler strike the shark pose during an improv acting class at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center on Monday. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]

The Wilson Morgan dog park committee turned to the Decatur City Council on Monday for financial help on the project, but received opposition from two residents and questions from others.

ATHENS — The wife of a man accused of attempting to pull a gun in a church service sought and quickly received a protection-from-abuse order Monday requiring him to surrender his firearms.

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ATHENS — An Elkmont woman who had two children seriously burned by scalding water in 2015 has pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated child abuse, officials said.