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Get an up-close view Saturday of the model railroad being installed at the Historic Decatur Railroad Depot Museum.

Don’t pack away the red, white and blue yet. Athens Saturday Market will hold its annual Patriots Day on Saturday, with music, a children’s parade and more.

Street music by Randall Key and the Jazz All-Stars, crafters and performance artists will take to Bank Street on Saturday for the monthly Market on Bank block party.

Lawrence County's Wednesday and Thursday garbage routes will be picked up a day later than normal this week because of the Fourth of July holiday.

ATHENS — Garbage collection routes in the City of Athens will run as scheduled this week, according to city officials. Residents are asked to have their bins at the curb by 6 a.m.

ATHENS — Powell Road will be closed indefinitely at Alabama 20 to Bowers Road due to construction work, according to the Limestone County Emergency Management Agency.

Decatur garbage and recycling routes will change this week for the July 4 holiday.

MOULTON — An electrical fire on the second floor of the Lawrence County Courthouse was contained to the Circuit Court clerk’s office where the fire originated, said Fire Chief Patrick Jolly.

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

Anyone who knows Maxine Ellison knows just how much she has done for youths in Decatur. Ellison was one of the founders of the Decatur Youth Enrichment program, which began 33 years ago as a tutorial program.