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ATHENS — Several railroad crossings in Limestone County will be closed for maintenance this week, according to the county's Emergency Management Agency.

MOULTON — The Lawrence County School Board awarded the purchase and removal of the Lawrence County High football bleachers to Bobby Gist on Monday night.

The Morgan County Commission on Tuesday approved a $50,000 payment as a portion of an incentive for a technology update of the inmate telephone contract at the Morgan County Jail.

Decatur police continue to ask for assistance from the public in identifying a suspect who they say robbed Bank Independent at 2606 U.S. 31 S. on Monday afternoon.

ATHENS — EMW Construction will close Beaty Street on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon because of construction work on the new Greater Limestone County Chamber of Commerce building.

Crews are beginning the second half of the city of Decatur’s summer paving this week, said City Engineer Carl Prewitt.

The Morgan County Commission agreed to join a national program to improve mental health treatment of inmates at the county jail.

ATHENS — Athens police have charged two people with attempted murder in a June 6 shooting in the Canebrake subdivision, and another person faces the same charge when he’s released from a Tennessee jail, according to Police Chief Floyd Johnson.

MONTGOMERY (AP) — The Alabama Historical Commission has received state funding to distribute $750,000 in grants to historical sites in the state.

A Decatur teacher who has received more than $128,000 in salary and benefits since her arrest March 21, 2016, for allegedly having sex with a student will remain on the district’s payroll at least another 30 days.