Decatur News

Decatur police have identified a man killed in a Tuesday morning wreck on Point Mallard Parkway as 40-year-old Henry Thomas Parkerson of Madison.

The newly released list of failing schools in Alabama was the hot topic at a town hall meeting in Madison Tuesday night.

A Decatur bank hopes a move to Sixth Avenue Southeast will help beautify the area and make the business more visible.

A thumbs up to the Rotary Club of Decatur - the noontime group - for raising more than $18,000 and sharing the goodies with community nonprofits.

Jodie Deanna Smyth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John William Smyth of Hartselle, and Jonathan Robert Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Davis of Trenton and Ms.

A former Decatur City Schools teacher with ties to the River City is returning to become principal at Brookhaven Middle School.

Decatur police said they believe slick roads contributed to a wreck this morning on Point Mallard Parkway that killed one person and injured two others.

Police have identified the victim of an early morning shooting as a resident who grabbed a gun and ran after two men who broke into his Decatur home in the middle of the night.

Decatur police are searching for two suspects believed to be involved in a shooting that left one man dead today.

The 114th annual Hartselle Camp Meeting promises a week of Christ-centered preaching, inspirational singing and Bible-based children's activities beginning Sun., June 23, and continuing through Fri., June 28. The opening service will be at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, featuring Junior Hill of Hartselle, a Southern Baptist evangelist.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A total of nine Huntsville schools are on the list of "failing schools" released by Alabama state Superintendent Tommy Bice moments ago.

When O.B. Owens was the football coach at Danville High, he would often say that "We're not Hartselle.

For more than 35 years, Morgan County mayors have been coming together monthly in different towns and cities to schmooze, compare notes and socialize.

An attorney representing an accused killer says there are at least two sides to every story, and he says so far, only one side is being told.

Farmers are among those invited to discuss irrigation at the Huntsville Water Management Planning Symposium June 28. The conference, open to the public, is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at University of Alabama Huntsville's Shelby Center.

Roger and Carol Davis of Decatur are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Abbey Kathryn Davis, to Sean Patrick Tipton, son of Randall and Stella Tipton of Hoover.

A man accused of assaulting his girlfriend with a broomstick remained in Decatur City Jail on Monday morning, charged with second-degree domestic violence.

Celebrating two lives united in friendship, two friends united in love, and one love united in Christ, Katlyn Elizabeth Lewis and Jonathan Paul Moore were united in marriage on May 18, 2013 in a 2:00 afternoon ceremony.

Ms. Deborah W. Works of Spanish Fort, Ala. and Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Works, III of Sanford, Fla.

Three-year-old Cillian Loehr was the youngest of four generations gathered to grill out and celebrate Father's Day at his grandparents' Southwest Decatur home Sunday.