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MOULTON — The fire that started in a circuit clerk's office on the second floor of the Lawrence County Courthouse caused significant water damage and forced county officials to shut down the building until Monday.

Arrests

Decatur City Schools promoted two veteran employees to deputy superintendents, while the search for a principal at Austinville Elementary is ongoing.

ATHENS — Two Athens men have been charged with burglaries at a muffler shop and motel, according to Police Chief Floyd Johnson.

The Decatur Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying an individual who is believed to be responsible for several area thefts.

State troopers are investigating a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon on U.S. 31 in Vinemont that killed two people, according to troopers.

Decatur City Schools' board, in its meeting this morning at the Central Office in downtown Decatur, made several personnel moves.

ELKMONT — Limestone County Sheriff’s investigators arrested an Elkmont man after he allegedly knocked on the door of a home and told the resident he was a reserve deputy investigating a fight, according to Sheriff Mike Blakely.

ATHENS — The Limestone County Sheriff's Office has released the names of two men found shot Friday night, and the case is being investigated as a possible homicide-suicide, pending the results of the autopsies, said spokesman Stephen Young.

Decatur Utilities will be closed Wednesday for the observance of Independence Day.