Decatur will receive $10.14 million to study and create engineering plans for the Alabama 20/U.S. 31 corridor from Interstate 65 to Beltline Road Southwest, a local official said. Director ...

Saeed Jones, the cultural critic, poet, memoirist and former BuzzFeed executive editor, will deliver the Decatur Book Festival’s opening keynote on Oct. 3. Angie Thomas, bestselling author of young ...

The 10th annual Amplify Decatur Music Festival is happening from Thursday, June 4th through Sunday, June 7th. The festival kicks off Thursday with a performance by singer-songwriter duo Penny & ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Decatur man accused of kidnapping a young girl from a church camp and offering her money to have sex with him appeared in court on Wednesday and entered a plea in the case ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Groups are working to provide homeless residents in Decatur with access to hot showers. Hands Across Decatur has arranged for a mobile shower unit to come into the city at least ...

On Thursday, the North Alabama Conference completed the sale of the current United Methodist Center to Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), as part of the broader campus transition to the U.S. Coast ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - First Missionary Baptist Church Decatur celebrated its 160th anniversary Sunday morning with a packed service! Pastor Daylan Woodall said the church is a piece of Alabama ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q has announced that its “heart and soul,” Don McLemore, has died. McLemore’s obituary says he died on April 17, surrounded by his wife, Carolyn, and their ...

A video of the unique murals went viral on social media Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a member of the PEOPLE App team in 2025. Her work has previously appeared ...

MOORESVILLE, ALA. — For one Lord’s Day, a small white-clapboard church building became a refuge of peace and unity amid the Civil War. Union and Confederate, Black and White, slave and free — all ...

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Tuscaloosa reopened on its 180th anniversary after extensive renovations. The historic church, one of Alabama's oldest, closed before the pandemic and required ...

The Alabama Supreme Court today refused to give a rehearing to a group of breakaway Methodists in Auburn who had sued over control of church property. The state Supreme Court had dismissed the lawsuit ...