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Two local residents were named to the spring semester dean's list at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Nathan Whitley of Decatur has earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Sydni Shelton of Danville was named to the Kennesaw State University's spring 2018 dean's list.

The seven-member board that will select the next Morgan County 911 director is expected to discuss the job candidates and possibly cull the list at today’s meeting at 4:30 p.m.

Decatur City Councilman Billy Jackson said comments he made more than three months ago after a work session were not aimed at eliminating all of the $2.7 million in appropriations to nonprofit groups.

Decatur City Schools is returning to a proven program — the Alabama Reading Initiative — that has raised academic performance, and every elementary teacher in the district is attending training on it this week.

Commercial traffic on the Tennessee River in Decatur has been slowed because of a lack of funding to replace a key mooring cell — a river structure used for securing barges during unloading and loading.

Kerrie Laymon says she battled drug and legal problems for years but has a new outlook since moving in February to a transition home operated by Morgan County nonprofit LifeSource.

A convicted sex offender from Bangor, Maine, was charged with failing to register as a sex offender with Decatur police, according to authorities.

MOULTON — The Lawrence County animal shelter is about a week away from being completed, according to county officials.