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A south Alabama woman is accused in Decatur of cashing forged checks on the Hospice of Limestone County account, police said.

A woman was taken to Decatur Morgan Hospital on Saturday after sideswiping one car while riding a bicycle and colliding with another vehicle, Decatur police said.

Two teens were arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop in Southwest Decatur early Sunday morning, police said.

Representing Decatur Parks and Recreation’s therapeutics program and Alabama, Chad Quattlebaum tied for third in the unified golf competition at the Special Olympics USA Games last week in Seattle.

HARTSELLE — John and Joy Jackson were watching an episode of “Return the Favor” when a chord struck in John.

MOULTON — Lawrence County Superintendent Jon Bret Smith is pushing back on accusations that the school district is not recruiting and hiring minority candidates.

MONTGOMERY — Incumbent state Sen. Larry Stutts says his four years of experience and turnover next year in the Senate would give him seniority and chairmanship of a committee, which would be good for his northwest Alabama district.

ATHENS — An Athens man was charged with making a terrorist threat today after he approached a church pulpit, began to speak about his pending divorce and attempted to pull a gun from its holster, the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office…

Thirteen years before Darwin Brazier fired 30 rounds with an SKS semi-automatic rifle, killing his ex-wife and two others at their Limestone County home, his ex-wife had told authorities about his threats to use his SKS rifle.

MONTGOMERY — Information about the number of protection-from-abuse orders granted or denied by circuit court judges in Alabama wasn’t available last week and may not be tracked at all. And that's a problem for one lawmaker.