Decatur News Archives

The Volunteer Center of Morgan County is gearing up for its annual Taste of the Valley! This year's event will be Monday, March 3rd from 6 to 8pm at the Holiday Inn in Decatur. via WHNT-TV Huntsville

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“She had told him the affair had ended”

NewsChannel 19's Amber Stuart Reporting: An argument over another man turns ugly in Decatur. via WHNT-TV Huntsville

Investigators said 41-year-old Leslye Robertson of Frankfort was killed Wednesday when her van was hit by a tractor-trailer driven by 46-year old Paul Neto of Decatur, Ala. via WLKY.com

“He was ejected from his vehicle onto the pavement of the northbound lane and his car ended up in the yard of Calhoun College in the mid-campus area.”

A Decatur man died early Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident near Calhoun Community College, a state trooper said. via News Courier

“He has a broad and varied legal background, and is actively involved in his community. I am confident that he will serve the citizens of Morgan County well.”

Governor Bob Riley on Thursday appointed Charles B. Langham, of Decatur, as Morgan County District Judge. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

Four people, including a juvenile, were arrested on drug charges Thursday, police said. via Alabama Live

“It means there were not significant levels of contamination that would result in needing to be cleaned up or remediated”

NewsChannel 19's Amber Stuart Reporting: Decatur is looking at purchasing a little more than 40 acres of land between the G.E. Plant and Point Mallard Park. via WHNT-TV Huntsville

The WAAY31 Internet Safety Tour was back on the road on Thursday. Principal Beth Weinbaum, Assistant Principal Tommy Davis, and the students of Cedar Ridge Middle School hosted the stop in Decatur. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

Governor Bob Riley has appointed Decatur attorney Charles Langham to serve as a district judge in Morgan County. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

A young man convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of a Decatur man avoided the death penalty because he was 17 at the time of the crime. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

“There has been a false debate that has gone on in this state for a generation that says any time you give tax cuts either to a business or give tax cuts to an individual that it hurts education. It is exactly opposite”

NewsChannel 19's Amber Stuart Reporting: It's one of the biggest issues facing people across the country, affordable healthcare. via WHNT-TV Huntsville

A Morgan County man was arrested after he allegedly threatened security guards at a Wal-Mart with a knife. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

“During the course of that operation, illegal drugs were sold to undercover agents”

NewsChannel 19's Amber Stuart reports: The Decatur Police Department is cleaning up the streets by taking drugs off of them. via WHNT-TV Huntsville

A man fleeing a Wal-Mart store with stolen merchandise was arrested Saturday minutes after threatening store employees with a knife, Decatur police said. via Everything Alabama

“We also teach emergency preparedness and first aid cardiac pulmonary resuscitation.”

Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Jan. 13--Jonny Bennett, executive director of Tennessee Valley Training Center, said the company expects to move into new quarters at 115 Woodall Road in early March. via Customer Interaction Solutions

“Then (the three suspects) came back by the house and the owner's husband got into his truck and started following them to see where they were going”

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Students planning to attend Calhoun Community College for the 2008 spring semester have time to register before the beginning of classes Monday. via News Courier

“I told my parents that's what I wanted to do when I grew up”

Christopher Mayes is the president and funeral director of Trinity Memorial Funeral Home in Muscle Shoals and Florence. via Times Daily

“When it's all billed under one code, (Medicare) doesn't know if the patient is getting albuterol or Xopenex”

" Six months after bundling albuterol and Xopenex under the same reimbursement code, CMS is changing the rules again. via HME News

“He accidentally stepped on the accelerator, panicked, and stepped on it some more”

A sport utility vehicle plowed into the reference section of Decatur Public Library, shattering glass, but causing no injuries. via Alabama Live

“Several little pieces didn't fit together. A member here talked with him at noon, and he was supposedly killed in Memphis at 2:30.”

What started out as a case of mistaken identity has led Decatur Police to a fugitive. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

“I would love to sign a petition”

Around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon, three cousins -- ages 9, 11 and 12 -- left their apartment and crossed busy Highway 31 in Decatur without the aid of a crosswalk. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

It's one way to cure a hangover -- a New Year's Day dip in the frigid Tennessee River. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

Two children were hit by a car late Monday afternoon in Decatur. According to police, one has died. via WHNT-TV Huntsville