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Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Charles Montgomery
Austin Junior High School is on heightened alert on Friday after receiving an airdropped message, according to a spokesperson for Decatur City Schools.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Charles Montgomery and Javon Williams
According to a spokesperson for Decatur City Schools, the Decatur City Schools Crisis Response Team and officers with the Decatur Police Department are on location at the schools.
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Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 1:05 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Agents with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office’s Drug Enforcement Unit arrested and charged two people on Tuesday after executing a search warrant at a house in Decatur.
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Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 10:58 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
A wreck involving a train has blocked multiple railroad crossings in downtown Athens, according to a spokesperson for the Athens Police Department.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 4:00 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Court documents show the victim of the robbery met with Ismael Smith and another man to trade an AK-47 for a PlayStation 5.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:30 PM CDT
|By Savannah Sapp
Daughter speaks on father's tragic death
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 9:22 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
The Alabama Attorney General has denied the Rule 32 petition of former Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 8:30 PM CDT
|By Savannah Sapp
Cleanup crews are still trying to assess the damage left by weekend storms. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in areas of Morgan County early Saturday morning.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:25 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Three EF-2 and one EF-1 storm have been confirmed.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:33 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
A Decatur man sentenced to death after being convicted of capital murder in February has filed an appeal with the hopes of getting a new trial.
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Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 3:55 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Both men were taken to the Morgan County Jail for booking.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 11:51 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
The man was partially stuck in the mud when a trailer overturned on him.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
The Decatur Police Department’s VICE/Narcotics Unit arrested three people on Thursday after receiving multiple complaints of drug sales and drug use in a home on Anderson Drive in Decatur.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit arrested two individuals on Mar. 18 after they were found with pounds of methamphetamine.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 3:25 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
A Florence man was arrested by the Morgan County Sheriff’s on drug charges after he was found with a large amount of fentanyl pills.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
The State Attorney General is investigating a case involving stolen money from first responders in Limestone County.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 1:45 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
According to a social media post by the sheriff’s office, investigators received a report that an elderly person’s account had funds moved to another person’s Cash App account.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 2:00 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Officers with the Decatur Police Department arrested a 54-year-old man on March 20 after a trafficking amount of fentanyl was confiscated during the execution of a search warrant.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 6:15 AM CDT
|By Matthew King
Sunday evening, Decatur Mayor Tab Bowling shared on Facebook that developers are working on plans for a new riverside development near Ingall’s Harbor.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 2:21 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
According to officials with the Decatur Police Department, workers arrived at the city maintenance compound on March 6 and noticed a van and gate that had been heavily damaged.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 7:56 PM CDT
|By Matthew King
A vocal Decatur resident asked councilman Hunter Pepper to resign during Monday’s city council meeting.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 10:19 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Prentess Foster, 33, was arrested and charged with trafficking in illegal drugs by investigators with the Vice/Narcotics Unit.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Vincent Melson, 57, was arrested and charged with three counts of third-degree burglary.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Wade Smith
Pepper's laugh emoji and a comment on a WAFF 48 Facebook post drew calls and messages to the newsroom
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 6:02 AM CDT
|By Wade Smith and Javon Williams
Another person is being treated for injuries sustained during the incident
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 11:45 AM CDT
|By Wade Smith
A retired Marshall County judge will preside over the next court proceedings involving former Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 10:24 AM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office confirms the subject was taken into custody after refusing to come out of a residence on Kirby Bridge Rd.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Payton Bolin was arrested Tuesday for alleged rape, sodomy and human trafficking charges that occurred between May 2022 and Jan. 31, 2023.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
An Athens High School JROTC cadet was recently elected as President of the Alabama Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 11:02 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Court documents show that an Athens man has been indicted by a grand jury for manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 9:04 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
The charges stem from a crash that occurred in 2020. In December 2020, King who was 19 at the time allegedly crossed the center line and collided with a vehicle driven by Jennifer Spencer.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
Athens city leaders are announcing a new development coming to MidTown Centre.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 3:23 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Athens leaders say the current building used for customer services is old and outdated.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 12:39 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
When the crews arrived on the scene, they discovered two trucks were engulfed in flames.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 11:41 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Officials with the Decatur Police Department say the crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. on I-65 near the Tennessee River Bridge.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:51 AM CDT
|By Charles Montgomery
Kayla Oliver, 31, was stopped by officers on Highway 67 at Country Club Road.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:18 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
Officials say she is in good spirits and recovering.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 7:27 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
When investigators arrived on the scene, they located 19 rifle casings in the driveway and 19 bullet holes in the home and a vehicle.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 10:50 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
A single-vehicle wreck claimed the life of a Somerville woman on Monday afternoon.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By Javon Williams
The Athens Police Department is on the scene of a car accident on U.S. 31 South at Huntsville-Brownsferry Road.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 9:06 AM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
According to Ardmore Fire & Rescue, a car crash occurred at the intersection of Main Street and 2nd Avenue Monday morning.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 3:54 PM CDT
|By Nick Kremer
A man accused of shooting and killing two people and injuring a third allegedly “heard voices in his head” and fired at least 20 bullets from two guns.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 12:38 PM CST
|By WAFF 48 Digital Staff
Matthew Reyer was killed when his vehicle left the roadway and overturned striking a tree
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 2:15 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer and Jasmyn Cornell
Jeremy Taylor was able to escape through a window that had been broken open. He is now back in custody.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 6:14 AM CST
|By Matthew King
A neighbors tree crashed into Maria Flores’s home on Moulton street on Friday
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 12:04 AM CST
|By Romario Gardner
Decatur City Council members voted to approve the construction of a new recreation center and softball/baseball complex totaling $72 million Monday night.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 1:57 PM CST
|By Nick Kremer
The theft occurred around 11 p.m. Friday and video shows the suspect getting into the vehicle.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 5:34 PM CST
|By Javon Williams
The Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed two inmates serving time in the Limestone Correctional Facility have died in the past two days.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 3:34 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
According to a press release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), the wreck happened around 2 p.m.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 2:07 PM CST
|By Charles Montgomery
According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, Jamey Dobbins, 56, was arrested and booked into the Morgan County Jail.