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ATHENS — High school students will start the school year Aug. 30 at the former Athens Middle School on Clinton Street, then move into the new Athens High under construction on U.S. 31 North on Nov. 19, Superintendent Trey Holladay…

Decatur police charged a local teen with stealing clothing from a department store.

Calhoun Community College students Samantha Wilkerson and Kaitlyn Cheatham have been recognized for academic achievement through scholarship awards from Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year college students.

A Decatur man was charged with breaking into a vehicle last month, according to police.

Carrie Cabri Witt resigned this morning as a teacher with Decatur City Schools more than two years after she was accused of having sex with two students.

The Decatur Police Department has added stop signs to two intersections and is advising motorists to drive with caution there.

Police have charged a Decatur resident with having a stolen firearm.

HUNTSVILLE (AP) — An Alabama city has approved taxpayer funds to pay legal expenses for a police officer charged in the death of an armed man police say was suicidal.

JASPER (AP) — Lighting struck a pastor in Alabama following church service.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its mysteries by getting closer than any…