Morgan County News Archives

A Morgan County grand jury has indicted a man in a 1994 rape. The suspect, Kenneth Jackson, is currently serving time in the Alabama Department of Corrections for three rape convictions.

" Rep. Ronald Grantland said the possibility of dirty campaign ads was the bigA gest factor in his decision not to seek re-election. Grantland, D-Hartselle, announced Wednesday that he will not run for a fourth term for the Alabama House District 9 seat that covers parts of Morgan and Cullman counties.

Sheriff's deputies in Morgan County are releasing new information about a meth bust in Hartselle late last week.

Molly Moses lost her leg in July, in a boating accident. Moses has been in the hospital since the accident on July 31st.

Decatur General Hospitala s bid to do non-emergency cardiac catheterizations won approval of a key state panel Thursday.

A check for $1,000 will go a long way for the Morgan County Humane Society's no-kill shelter, according to Executive Director Robyn Purdy.

Attorney General Troy King announced today that an Alabama man stationed at a An Alabama man stationed at a California Air Force Base has been arrested for multiple sex crimes charged in a Morgan County, Alabama, indictment.

A judge has denied former physics professor Andrew Pakhomov in his first appeal for a new trial.

Authorities arrested four people traveling in a vehicle Monday after one made suspicious purchases at the Hartselle Wal-Mart, said Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett.

A member of the Morgan County drug task force removes potential meth components at 16 Turner Lane, west of Decatur.

Friday a special guest made his way to Morgan County. Actor Stephen Baldwin was on hand to help build the 50th home for Habitat for Humanity in Decatur.

Pay raises under the guise of expense allowances throughout the years have increased salaries of Morgan County commissioners by about three-fold in a 22-year span.

Seven Morgan County voting precincts at schools will move to churches or recreational facilities.

From left, Mark Moody, Cameron Douglas, Kade Morrison, Brian Gilreath and Jonathan Thrasher led the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes campaign at Decatur Mall on Thursday.

A Morgan County grand jury has decided not to press charges against against a home owner who shot and killed a 14 year old intruder back in September.

A Decatur man will not face charges in the shooting death of a 14-year-old who was one of three intruders in his home Sept.

Andrew Pakhomov was escorted into the Morgan County Courthouse on Thursday morning, for sentencing for murdering his wife.

The principal of Brewer High School in Somerville has confirmed that a teacher who was convicted of providing alcohol to a minor is returning to work.

Carla Ross reins in her dog, Mackinac, after he paid a visit to a cat sitting on a porch on Johnston Street Southeast on a rainy Monday morning.

Chantal Szinegh, left, and Rachel Beck build a sand castle in front of a Habitat house being contructed in memory of Chantala s mother, Cindy Szinegh.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has issued a TORNADO WARNING for Morgan and Lawrfence counties until 4:45 p.m. Friday.

A man on the run from sentencing in a Lawrence County crystal meth case found himself up a tree and nowhere to go Thursday afternoon.

Investigators in Morgan County busted a trio of suspects on meth making charges and they say this isn't their first arrest at this location.

A husband and wife who made crystal methamphetamine with a child at home are likely headed to prison after a Morgan County jury convicted them of drug charges.

Samuel Carbajal is wanted for multiple offenses, to include Attempted Murder in connection with the September 11th, 2009 shooting at Funland Park in Decatur, Alabama.

Ita s time to pay property tax, and Morgan County Revenue Commissioner Amanda Scott has made it more convenient for residents in rural areas to do so.

Published: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 1:52 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 1:52 p.m. Two Somerville police officers rescued a paraplegic from a burning house, with one collapsing due to thick smoke as he neared a door.

Two Somerville police officers kept a dispute from becoming deadly when they pulled a paralyzed man from his trailer which had apparently been set on fire shortly after midnight this morning.

Should Morgan County cut its ties with the North-central Alabama Regional Council of Governments? The process by which the NARCOG board hired a new executive director has some county and city leaders investigating the matter.

For three days, a Tennessee mother endured a parent's worst nightmare after her newborn son was snatched by a knife-wielding kidnapper - until police Friday found the baby alive in northern Alabama and arrested a woman suspected of abducting him.

Decatur police are searching for a man they say has not properly registered as a sex offender.

Drivers will have to detour around a Morgan County bridge damaged in a crash. The bridge on Kirby Bridge Road had to be closed after a big truck went over the side Tuesday.

Crystal meth cases dwindled on the court docket in Morgan County this week with defendants entering guilty pleas to charges in Circuit Court.