Morgan County News

The Spirit of America Festivala s fireworks show will begin Saturday at 10 p.m. at Point Mallard Park.

Morgan County Commission Chairman John Glasscock had triple-bypass surgery Wednesday morning, sources told The Daily.

A 56-year-old man faces charges of child abuse after the Morgan County Sheriff's Department finishes up a month long investigation.

Morgan County phone customers are questioning an increased 911 surcharge. The 911 board increased the surcharge for landlines from 80 cents per month to $2.50 per month in April.

Decatur and Trinity firefighters battled a large fire at a business near Alabama 20 Friday afternoon.

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Morgan County Sheriff's Investigators have a mystery on their hands. An Eva man was severely beaten and left to die inside his mother's home.

Investigators have arrested a man accused of sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy in rural Morgan County.

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

Decatur Utilitiesa latest plan to dispose of contaminated sludge requires evaporation of contaminated runoff at the Morgan County landfill.

Officials in one Alabama county believe they've solved a mystery dating back to the Civil War.

A crowd of 225 women and men met at the Holiday Inn on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the work of regional businesswomen at the first Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce Women in Business More>> This item is available in full to subscribers.

Drug agents have arrested two men accused of dealing cocaine in Athens and Decatur.

Morgan County Drug Task Force agents made a bizarre discovery when they busted a meth lab at an Eva home Wednesday night and arrested six people.

The Morgan County Commission will not agree to become a partner in Celebration Arena unless the state Products Mart can answer questions about money.

Trinity Town Clerk Barbara Jones said residents reported hail damage to roofs and cars from Monday nighta s storms.

A man has pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree robbery in Morgan County.

Priceville will pay Morgan County 911 $750 per month, or $9,000 per year, if the town can get a five-year contract at that amount from the agency The Priceville Town Council voted 4-2 on Thursday night to give Mayor Melvin Duran the authorization to sign the contract.

Morgan County's in-house recycling program is turning a profit, and officials don't want to share it.

Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce leaders want to bring retail growth to the county, and to do so, they asked for a $75,000 increase to the agencya s appropriation for 2010.