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When the Lakeside High School class of 1966 gathers Friday in Decatur for its 60th reunion, classmates will have six decades of memories to revisit — from school-day hijinks and segregation to the Vietnam War.

Class of 1966 Lakeside students talk about experiences at all-Black high school When the Lakeside High School class of 1966 gathers Friday in Decatur for its 60th reunion, classmates will have six decades of memories to revisit — from school-day hijinks and

• Joshua Hernandez Blanco of Decatur (worked for Robins and Morton) and Jedidiah Lightner of Ardmore (worked for ADTRAN Inc.) received hands-on, innovative and advanced educational experiences through The University of Alabama's Cooperative Educatio…

EDUCATION NOTES • Joshua Hernandez Blanco of Decatur (worked for Robins and Morton) and Jedidiah Lightner of Ardmore (worked for ADTRAN Inc.) received hands-on, innovative and advanced educational experiences through The University

On the recommendation of Mayor Kent Lawrence, the Decatur City Council rejected the bids for the mass excavation and demolition at the site of the planned Decatur Youth Services facility.

Bids rejected for DYS facility site work

A woman whom Hartselle police say was the victim in a kidnapping case last week filed a notarized statement Monday recanting her previous account and saying she was never kidnapped or held at gunpoint by her child’s father.

Woman recants claim that her child’s father kidnapped her at gunpoint A woman whom Hartselle police say was the victim in a kidnapping case last week filed a notarized statement Monday recanting her previous account and saying she was never kidnapped

Auburn University opened a new 50,000-square-foot research laboratory in Huntsville on Tuesday, expanding the university’s work on national security, missile defense and space technology.

Auburn opens $30 million Huntsville lab for defense, space research

Bradley Sides, an English instructor at Calhoun Community College, will release his debut novella on Oct. 20.

Calhoun instructor pens debut novella

Police will begin conducting traffic safety checkpoints throughout Decatur on Friday, according to the Decatur Police Department.

Decatur police to begin weekly traffic safety checkpoints Friday

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Federal Aviation Administration officials recognized Calhoun Community College’s new Aviation Maintenance Technology program Tuesday, one day before the program’s inaugural students are scheduled to begin taking classes and preparing for aircraft ma…

Calhoun receives FAA certification for new aviation maintenance program Federal Aviation Administration officials recognized Calhoun Community College’s new Aviation Maintenance Technology program Tuesday, one day before the program’s inaugural students are scheduled to begin taking classes and preparing for

Morgan County Commission Chairman Ray Long has proposed a fiscal 2027 budget that would include a total pay increase for most county employees of 7% by the end of April.

Morgan County proposes budget that includes 7% raise for employees