Alabama’s high school graduation and college- and career-readiness rates reached record highs for the Class of 2025, as students increasingly met the state’s readiness standards through career-technical education and college credit rather than through earning benchmark scores on standardized tests.
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Starting Saturday evening, the Morgan County-Decatur Farmers Market will feature free monthly concerts through September in the Live at the Market series.
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Planning Director Chad Bowman this week introduced to the Planning Commission a proposed zoning text amendment regulating controversial data centers if they want to locate in Decatur.
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The Lawrence County Farmers Market and Alabama Extension are teaming up to host a Tomato Sandwich Day next Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m.
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Two Athens men face multiple drug charges after Limestone County Sheriff's Office investigators said they seized cocaine, marijuana, prescription drugs and firearms during the execution of a search warrant in the Owens community.
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A Decatur man was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with the sentence split for him to serve five years, after pleading guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court this month to a lesser charge of possession with intent to distribute as part of an agreement that dismissed five other drug charges, including two trafficking charges.
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Decatur Public Library will host a night of celebration July 8 for America’s 250th birthday, aiming to educate people on the Declaration of Independence’s history and the people who made it possible.
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A store’s mannequins come to life after hours and foil a group of would-be burglars who intend to commit a crime. That's the plot of a play students are practicing this week during a five-day teen theater camp at the Princess Theatre.
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The next step for the proposed mixed-use sports development on Alabama 20 is working through the city of Decatur’s annexation process, officials said.
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Two recent grants totaling $1,285,000 that are coming to Pryor Field Regional Airport in Tanner will help cover a new taxiway, access road and hangar, officials said.
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Decatur City Schools will host a four-day recruitment bus tour in July aimed at filling open teaching positions across the district.
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An Athens man pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years in prison ahead of a trial scheduled for this week, after prosecutors agreed to reduce a murder charge stemming from allegations that he gave a woman a fatal dose of fentanyl at his residence in 2023.
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An arrest warrant was served earlier this month on a Decatur man indicted on charges of organized retail theft and three counts of third-degree burglary in connection with 2024 incidents in which he and a female accomplice allegedly shoplifted repeatedly over three months from the Hartselle Walmart.
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Residents voiced their concerns about a bitcoin mining data center wanting to build near Somerville at the Morgan County Commission meeting Tuesday, and the commission approved a 12-month moratorium on data centers.
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A Guntersville man already under indictment in Madison County on two felony attempting to elude charges was charged with the same offense last week by Priceville police, who said he fled a 2024 traffic stop at speeds exceeding 150 mph.
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The Decatur City Council once again added more streets to its 2026 paving list at midyear of the budget cycle but not as many as in previous years.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority on Monday released the newest draft of a plan to adjust its mix of power plants and meet rising electricity demand through 2050, kicking off a month-long public comment period.
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About 150 Athens Utilities customers remained without electricity Tuesday morning as crews continued restoring service following storms that swept through Limestone County overnight, according to a city update.
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Up-and-coming musicians, established artists with chart-topping hits and a songwriter who co-wrote a Grammy Award-winning song will perform during the summer/fall Singer-Songwriter Series at the Princess Theatre in downtown Decatur.
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Decatur Morgan Hospital’s second annual nursing camp drew twice as many rising high school seniors this week as hospital leaders work to build interest in healthcare careers and encourage local students to return to the area after college.
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