Public safety, infrastructure and job growth are the top areas that should receive city officials' focus, respondents said in a survey by the city of Decatur. On Thursday, the city released ...

Decatur police are moving to encrypted radios to protect sensitive information.

Residents in one north Alabama town won’t have access to curbside recycling services for an unspecified amount of time. City of Athens Sanitation Superintendent Terence Brown said until further notice ...

The Alabama attorney general presented Eastwood Elementary School in Decatur as a 2025 Safe School Award. Attorney General Steve Marshall said the award recognizes excellent implementation of ...

We verify if it's legal to decrypt encrypted police scanner traffic, after a local department announced it's moving to encrypted dispatch and radio communications.

Here are the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature in the fourth week of the 2026 session. HB 366, sponsored by Rep. Bob ...

A multi-vehicle crash claimed the life of a minor Saturday and left several others injured. According to the Decatur Police ...

The City of Decatur has released results for its 2026 Community Survey, which asked community members about issues that matter to them, satisfaction with the city and ideas for the city's future.

One of Alabama’s longest-serving death row inmates could soon receive a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s appeal of a lower court's ...

A Decatur workforce program that has attracted more than 130 young professionals over the past decade is now accepting applications for its 2026 class.

A child died, and four other people were injured in a car crash in Decatur on Saturday.