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 […]
Apr. 27—After Steve Perkins’ widow was handcuffed and three others were arrested during a peaceful demonstration at last week’s 3rd Friday event, civil rights attorney Lee Merritt wrote a letter Thursday requesting a meeting with the Northern District of Alabama’s U.S. Attorney’s Office and called for an investigation into the Decatur Police Department. “It seems […]
Apr. 20—Two Decatur men were each charged with drug trafficking in separate arrests made this week by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office and the Decatur Police Department. Holden Tyler Blevins, 33, was charged with trafficking fentanyl on Monday and remained in Morgan County Jail on Friday in lieu of a $16,600 bond, jail records show. […]
DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — A bill requiring law enforcement to make police bodycam footage public record was voted down Wednesday by lawmakers, a decision met with disappointment among supporters of the bill. “We were hoping for a small victory today,” Nick Perkins said. Hartselle Police, software company team up to support first responders’ mental health […]
Apr. 17—Arab police on Saturday rescued a Decatur teen who sent a text to 911 after he was allegedly kidnapped, handcuffed and taken to Arab by two men who said they were bringing him to his girlfriend to work out their relationship, according to the Arab Police Department. “I’ve been here 24 years, and this […]
Apr. 8—URBANA — A Decatur man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of three minors and facilitating their abuse be recorded. U.S District Court Judge Colin S. Bruce handed down the sentence Friday to Kevin Dial, 52, after a jury convicted him in a three-day October trial of the […]
DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Police from the Decatur Park District are seeking the location of an artifact that was taken from the 9/11 Memorial by Lake Decatur. Surveillance imagery suggests that part of a metal filing cabinet, which was donated from the World Trade Center site, was removed from the Memorial near 9 p.m. on […]
Mar. 30—A Decatur man who was indicted by a Morgan County grand jury for manslaughter in connection with a 2022 single-vehicle wreck that killed a local high school student was booked into jail this week. Jamarri Donshrell Fields, 21, was indicted by a grand jury on Feb. 16 for “recklessly” causing the death of 17-year-old […]
Mar. 28—A drive-by shooting in the 900 block of 10th Avenue Northeast on Wednesday afternoon left a man dead, according to witnesses and Decatur police. As of Wednesday evening no arrests had been made in the case and, pending family notification, the identity of the shooting victim had not been released. Witnesses at the scene […]
Mar. 21—INDIANAPOLIS — It is one thing to learn about governmental processes in government class, and it is another to experience the processes first-hand. Five Greensburg Community High School students recently participated in the Indiana YMCA’s Youth and Government conference. Established in 1965, the program is a model government conference for grades 6 to 12 […]
DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — An effort is underway to convert shipping containers that once stood on the Gulf Shore for years into homes. It’s part of an effort to solve the lack of affordable homes crisis. Eko Solutions, an innovative builder in Decatur, converted a 320-square-foot container into a home for families that is used […]
Mar. 6—A Decatur man out on bond since October for allegedly exposing a child to controlled substances was arrested again on Monday after police traced images of child sexual abuse to his Google account, according to a Decatur police detective’s affidavit. Christopher Newell Schuknecht, 50, was booked into Morgan County Jail on five counts of […]