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The person hired for the position of Control Systems Engineer will primarily be responsible for providing engineering expertise and technical assistance in the area of control systems with a focus on installing, maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing PLC's, Drives and HMI's. Roles and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the ... (more)

Triston Oneal Banks, son of Preston and Terri Banks of Decatur, celebrates his fifth birthday today.

Changes to address the intersection of U.S. 31 and Alabama 20 in Decatur are on the fast track and could be completed by the end of the year.

Today3rd Friday Downtown: Decatur is going to the dogs during this month's 3rd Friday block party, featuring music, car shows and a homemade goods marketplace from 5-8 p.m. The featured event, This item is available in full to subscribers.

It does not matter if you grew up poor, he could have said. It does not matter that you are a black child in a city still struggling with a racist legacy.

DECATUR, Alabama - Decatur police arrested a man Thursday morning in connection to a debit card theft reported two months ago.

Decatur paddleboarder to arrive at Rhodes Ferry Park On May 11, Sean Miller slid his paddleboard into the Tennessee River in Chattanooga for a 250-mile journey to raise awareness about the a This item is available in full to subscribers.

Decatur firefighters extinguished a blaze today caused by metal shavings igniting at the Steel Technologies plant on Red Hat Road.

Tourism officials in the state of Alabama have issued a list of the "100 Places to Hear Live Music in Alabama". There are many music venues from the Huntsville / North Alabama area that have made this list.

Jon Adam Gilliam, 28, and Jessica Lynn Jones, 34, were arrested after police say they received complaints about heroin was being sold throughout the city.

Investigators today arrested a woman on a first-degree theft charge for allegedly stealing money from a cash register at a convenience store, Decatur police a This item is available in full to subscribers.

A Moulton woman was arrested overnight for theft after police say she jumped over the counter of a Decatur convenience store and took money from a register before fleeing the scene in her car.

Huntsville, Alabama-- Sean Miller of Decatur has taken on a challenging mission in his efforts to bring about awareness of water quality on the Tennessee River as well as support the Tennessee Riverkeepers' efforts to watch over the river.

Decatur police made an arrest Monday in the April 16 shooting of a man in the 200 block of Cedar Lake Road Southwest.

Decatur's economic health depends on the industries that line Alabama 20. Those industries depend, for the most part, on trucks to deliver finished product and receive supplies.

The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to reveal what caused a cargo ship to slam into a western Kentucky bridge over the Tennessee River.

Answering his cellphone, Brian Cagle smiled and held up the phone as the Auburn University fight song rang through the device's speaker.

Decatur police received a little unexpected help with the war on drugs Saturday when a man went to City Hall and turned himself in for having cocaine, a narcotics investigator said.

An alleged shoplifter had meth and prescription drugs stashed in her purse when she was arrested Saturday, Decatur police said.

Even with the state budgets already passed, the Legislature's final meeting day looks to be long and hectic, with issues ranging from welfare drug testing to school safety and gun regulations to $130 million in state borrowing.