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Downtown Decatur along 2nd Avenue has seen a resurgence in restaurants with strict liquor guidelines.

More and more people are paying attention to football concussions, which can affect players years later. And now there is something new, right on the playing field.

She was last seen in her black 2007 Tahoe with a pink "Salt Life" sticker on the back window when she stopped to get gas at the Warrior Mountain Trading Company.

Folks in Decatur are a little jittery today as they keep weather aware. The big concern now is another round of potentially severe weather threatening this weekend.

A Morgan County school bus driver and her husband were found dead on Monday. A preliminary investigation indicates their deaths were the result of a murder-suicide.

"One of the things I discovered when I moved to Decatur is that many adults have not been advised about colon cancer," said Dr. Jeanette Keith, a Gastroenterologist.

Authorities are searching for an escaped Morgan County inmate.

Deer hunters are all abuzz over the latest state where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found.

A Morgan County woman is facing charges after her baby was found buried in a backyard in Hartselle.

Imagine a program that pays you to live in a town. That's what's happening in Decatur with the "Best and Brightest" program through the Decatur/Morgan County Entrepreneurial Center.

he city of Decatur has a private ambulance service that is used as a first responder.  But at least one city council member thinks the city could do a better job.

If someone was seated next to you in a restaurant and suddenly collapsed, would you know what to do?

If you see some scraggly-faced officers in Decatur, it's because the police department is again taking part in No Shave November.

Most homecoming parades have the pretty girls, the football team, and the band. But there is something in the air for this parade. A sense of patriotism.

The Tennessee Riverkeepers group is keeping an eye on some municipalities they say are not doing their best to control pollution into local waterways.

A new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry confirms a link between fevers during pregnancy and the risk for autism.

A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco focused on mammograms. It looked at more than 50,000 women with an abnormal mammogram.

Women of childbearing age have been warned about the difficulty of becoming pregnant due to fibroid tumors for years. But a new study seems to refute those findings.

Remember when your mother told you to drink all your milk so you could be big and strong? Well, a new study backs that up.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for a baby's first six months.

So how much weight should you gain during pregnancy?  Some experts weigh in.

Almost 700,000 troops were deployed during the Gulf War, and according to the National Academy of Sciences, close to 250,000 show signs of Gulf War Illness.

Just one glass of wine a day may increase a woman's risk of breast cancer.

The Vector Control Division of the Madison County Health Department will begin operating mosquito fog trucks in Huntsville on Wednesday.

Crestwood Medical Group can now allow you access to make a real time, online doctor's appointment with certain physicians.

More reasons why moms should breastfeed their babies.

When now retired former Decatur police Lt. Frank DeButy first joined the force in 1977, he had one question: "How many people have you lost in the line of duty?"

Robert Black is the man credited with starting the North Alabama Japanese Garden on Monte Sano Mountain.

When a woman finds out she is pregnant, new rules usually apply to how she takes care of herself.