Jul. 3—”A thorough and complete” third-party review of the Decatur Police Department will cost at least $213,750 and is scheduled to be be completed by Jan. 1, but city officials said it won’t include a a review of the fatal police shooting of Steve Perkins. The City Council voted 4-0 at Monday’s meeting to hire […]
Jun. 25—Based on a recent feasibility study, Decatur Utilities is choosing not to jump into the high-stakes, high-speed internet service competition for residential or commercial customers that it had been considering. The Municipal Utilities Board decided last week to instead build a 47-mile fiber backbone network that supports its own operations at an estimated cost […]
The DeKalb County Police Department is investigating a person shot call that occurred just after 6 p.m., officials say. Police say they responded to the 4200 block of Mercer Road around 6:42 p.m. to a person shot call. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] When they arrived, police say they found […]
Jun. 20—With the City Council poised to vote on spending as much as $200,000 to hire an outside consultant to do an independent review of the policies and culture of the Decatur Police Department, a suggestion was made at this week’s council meeting that it instead take advantage of a review offered at no cost […]
Jun. 13—A group of teenagers watched Decatur Fire and Rescue recruits race up a building with a giant water hose this week as part of a house fire simulation drill and learned that quick reaction time can mean the difference between life and death. The seven teenagers were attendees at the 2024 Cadet Camp held […]
Jun. 12—A $720,000 collaborative Career Coaching grant has been awarded from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to four area public schools, providing funding for enhanced services to improve student career readiness. The I-74 Career Navigator project involves Batesville, Greensburg, Milan and North Decatur high schools; each has access to $180,000 for targeted career-focused initiatives. […]
Jun. 8—A Decatur man initially held without bond after he was arrested and charged with first-degree domestic violence was granted bond by a Morgan County judge at an Aniah’s Law hearing on Friday. Christopher Key, 33, was arrested by Decatur police on Thursday in connection with an incident last month. According to a detective’s affidavit, […]
Jun. 7—Decatur police on Friday served three arrest warrants for drug trafficking on a man first accused of the offense as early as March. He was booked into Morgan County Jail and held in lieu of a $550,900 bond, according to DPD and jail records. Derrick Dewayne Brown, 54, was the subject of a Vice/Narcotics […]
Jun. 1—North Alabama volunteer firefighters and Decatur Fire & Rescue lateral hires just wrapped up the second week of an intense 260-hour, six-week “bridge” course designed to qualify them for full-time careers in firefighting. Seven students Thursday afternoon took turns properly deploying and redeploying a heavy hose from a fire engine. A sign above a […]
May 6—A former Decatur field officer with the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles was charged with eight counts of child abuse and booked into the Morgan County Jail on Monday. Joddie Brooke King, 47, of Town Creek, was charged by a grand jury with four counts of aggravated child abuse and four counts of […]
DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Decatur Police say a male juvenile is still in critical condition and four people have been charged following a shooting investigation that led police to recover stolen items. Officers with the Decatur Police Department (DPD) responded to Decatur Morgan Hospital on Friday, May 3 after a male juvenile arrived at the […]
Apr. 30—Applications are now being accepted for the Alabama Center for the Arts’ new residence hall in downtown Decatur, The residence hall is slated to open in the fall. The $15 million, three-story living facility at First Avenue and Johnston Street Southeast will have 49 apartments for Athens State University and Calhoun Community College students […]