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Updated: Sep. 24, 2022 at 9:02 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Athens Fire and Rescue says that the fire occurred just after 2 a.m. Saturday morning. Athens Fire and Rescue notified the Red Cross for the family.
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Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Friday the Decatur Police Department’s Internet Crime Against Children Unit (ICACU) arrested a man for possession of obscene matter.
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Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 2:16 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
According to the Decatur Police Department, Alexis Antesia Bolding, 26, and Mark Anthony Stephens Sr., 50, were both arrested arrested and charged for first-degree burglary on Sept. 22.
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Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 10:29 AM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
No injuries occurred during the incident.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 3:41 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Thursday a Hartselle man was convicted by a Morgan County jury of Rape 1st degree, Incest and Rape in 2nd degree.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Thursday Decatur Police VICE/Narcotics Unit investigators arrested two people for illegal drug trafficking.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Tuesday Investigators with Decatur Police VICE/NArcotics and Decatur Police SWAT operators arrested three people in a drug house.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 2:44 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Sept. 13, officers with the Decatur Police Department were dispatched to the Osprey Point Ramp at Hwy 67 and Hickory Hill Road, in reference to a body found in the water.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 6:16 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
The $1 million grant was awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:13 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Tuesday at 3:49 p.m. the Athens Police Department responded to a reported robbery at Wash N Shine car wash at 1214 US 31 South.
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Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
The Decatur City Council voted to approve the raise the pay for city government employees by 6% on Monday.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 1:12 PM CDT
|By Matthew King, Megan Plotka and Nick Kremer
A new trial date has been set for an Elkmont teen accused of killing five of his family members following a mistrial that was declared Monday.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Lee Edward McGuire, 44, was stopped by Decatur Police Department Vice/Narcotics Unit investigators on Sept. 16.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 9:55 AM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
A Decatur man who was charged with domestic violence for stabbing his mother’s husband in 2021 has been indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 1:26 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Deputies with the Morgan County Sheriff's Office have spoken to the alleged shooter and say that the victim has minor injuries.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 9:07 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
ALEA says that the man was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead on the scene.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 8:59 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
The motorcyclist was taken to a nearby hospital but has since been treated and released.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 8:50 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
The teacher was taken to the Limestone County Detention Center where he was released on a $30,000 bond.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:42 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Friday, Tony Dewayne Glover, 39 was taken into custody after a search was executed for him in June.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 8:24 AM CDT
|By Megan Plotka and Matthew King
For the second day in a row, jurors were asked to return to the courtroom early as another long day of testimony is expected.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Thursday morning the Morgan County E911 Center received a call of a robbery at Snacker’s gas station on 3030 Modaus Road SW.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 2:40 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
A 22-year-old woman from Birmingham was charged with multiple counts of identity theft for cashing checks in Decatur and various other locations in north Alabama.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 9:21 AM CDT
|By Megan Plotka and Matthew King
Mason Sisk is accused of killing five family members in 2019
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Sunday, it was reported that four inmates in the Limestone Correctional Facility suffered injuries following two altercations.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 1:18 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Agents with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Drug Enforcement Unit arrested four people on drug-related charges on Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 10:37 AM CDT
|By Matthew King, Megan Plotka and Nick Kremer
A confession that the defense team attempted to suppress is expected to be presented to the jury Wednesday.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:44 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Tuesday attorneys for Preston Lamar Nelson filed a motion for a mental health evaluation to see if he is able to go to trial.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Megan Plotka, Nick Kremer and Matthew King
On Tuesday, the prosecution and the defense team for Mason Sisk introduced the case to a jury with opening statements.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 1:31 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff and Zach Shrivers
Full-time county employees to get 5% pay raise
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 12:49 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
The grant totals $300,000 and it is a Community Development Block Grant that will provide infrastructure required for a Mapco Express on Alabama Highway 36.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 12:06 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
According to reports, a caller is claiming to be a representative from Publisher’s Clearing House.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 9:04 AM CDT
|By Megan Plotka and Matthew King
Trial process is underway for teenager arrested for killing his five family members
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 4:47 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
The Decatur Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Violette Lynn Hawkins.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 11:50 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to honor the grand opening of TBAKI/SAIA.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 3:01 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On September 8, Brandon Lee Miller, 47 was arrested by Morgan County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Wednesday Decatur Police SWAT and Investigators with the Decatur Police Vice/Narcotics Unit executed a narcotics search warrant at 231 George Drive SW.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 11:21 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
John Andrew Kister, 58, filed a handwritten complaint against Quality Correctional Health Care and then-Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin in 2016.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 10:18 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery and Matthew King
The defense team for Sisk filed a motion to suppress a confession in August because Sisk said it happened before he was read his Miranda Rights.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 5:32 AM CDT
|By Javon Williams
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office arrested Trenton Turner Reed, 27 on Wednesday after starting a search for him in March 2022.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
According to the Morgan County District Attorney, Scott Anderson, within the past week there have been eight indictments for murder by a Morgan County Grand Jury.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 12:39 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) said the roadway will be blocked for an undetermined amount of time.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 9:54 AM CDT
|By Jasmyn Cornell
According to Bill Tribble, the Executive Director of Human Resources and Operations for the Limestone County School District, the district was experiencing staffing shortages before the pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 6:44 AM CDT
|By Matthew King
“I really feel like they thought he was just going to show up after a few hours somewhere in the hospital”
Updated: Sep. 3, 2022 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
A passenger jumped out of the vehicle while the driver was attempting to evade law enforcement.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 2:11 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Deputies with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged a man after he assaulted a police officer on Aug. 31.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 3:18 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Wednesday a single-vehicle crash claimed the life of 43-year-old Michael Gene Preston.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 12:57 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
On Sept. 13 the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals denied former Limestone County Sheriff Michael Blakely’s request for his case dismissal.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:57 AM CDT
|By Megan Plotka
18-year-old Mason Sisk plead not guilty to killing his family in 2019
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 2:37 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
The crash occurred on a detour route for a closure on I-65.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 8:42 AM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
An active investigation is underway at the location.