Decatur News

Decatur police are investigating a drowning in the Tennessee River. Witnesses say William Payne went under the water after stepping off a drop-off in the river and never resurfaced.

When her family visited Nashville for her 20th birthday less than two months ago, they said she was very happy and planning to move in with McNair.

WHNT NEWS 19 has received word that there was an accidental drowning in Decatur, Alabama on the Tennessee River.

A black Union soldier will finally get the grave marker historians say he deserves in a ceremony that is expected to bring hundreds to a Decatur cemetery on Saturday.

A Decatur man drowned Thursday afternoon while swimming in the Tennessee River near Independence Tube.

Stanley Matthews stops traffic in the Decatur Shopping Center parking lot Tuesday afternoon while dancing to Michael Jacksona s hits atop his car and on the ground.

Two weeks ago, a young waitress at Dave & Bustera s restaurant in Nashville sought the advice of Vera Mosley Buckner, a day-tripper from Decatur.

A 24-year-old Decatur man died when he was thrown from the automobile in which he was riding early Tuesday morning near the Mooresville exit of Interstate 565.

Investigators with the Morgan County Sheriff's Department have arrested a Lawrence County man for allegedly stealing a boat from the Brickyard Marina in Decatur and setting it on fire in Danville.

Decatur police believe the death of an 18-year-old woman was the result of an overdose, they said in a press release.

Limestone County residents joined Decatur residents Saturday at a Taxpayer Tea Party protest at Gateway Shopping Center.

A pitched legal battle in Louisiana could have major implications for who gets the bill for cleaning up a Decatur toxic waste site.

Officials have found a Decatur inmate who escaped from a minimum security lockup and arrested his grandmother for allegedly giving him food, money and cigarettes.

It may be dry now, but recent rain has caused a massive problem on a Decatur golf course.

Wyker's has been in business in Decatur since 1888. However, Tuesday was the final day for the specialty toy store.

A request to allow security officers in Mobile schools to carry Tasers, or stun guns, is an indictment of mothers and fathers who abdicate their role as parents.

Police arrested a woman early Saturday in connection with a double shooting at a 6th Avenue gas station.

To The Daily : Earlier this month, I needed to have surgery at Decatur General Hospital.

Delphi closes Friday. A three-word sentence captures the facts, but not the essence, of the end of the companya s 35-year presence in our area.

A recent discovery in Decatur sent an archivist searching to solve a mystery. He eventually found a story within a story.