Decatur Area Weather Forecast and Temperatures
High Saturday reached 81 at 4 pm with a low of 61 at 6 am. Today's high 86 and tonight's low 60, with Monday's high near 85. Forecast calls for fair mild conditions through Monday with light northeast winds and detailed 24 hour temperatures provided.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Associated Press
Albany
Albu‘que
Amarillo
Anchorage
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
C “Eo
Honolulu
Houston
Ind‘apolis
Jacks’‘ville
Juneau
Daily Records Births and Dismissals Across Counties
An items list of births and dismissals across Decatur Athens Hartselle Cortland and nearby areas. Records include names such as Wiley Comer Blankenship Florence Evelyn Phillips Maud Warrick Buford Glass Jack Smith Fred Lee Birt Parham Alberta Norton and many others with hospital and city placements noted.
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Wiley Comer Blankenship
Decatur
Florence Evelyn Phillips
Athens
Maud’ Mary Warrick
James Buford Glass
Tennessee
Jack Smith
Fred Andrew Lee
George Birt
Lacy Parham Jr
Courtland
Alberta Norton
Amos Judy Terry
Moulton
Cornelius Coffman
Nina Lugenda Norton
Troy Jackson Russell
William Wiley Moyers
Daniel Green Broadrick
Charles T. McCrary
Lawrence Waylon Hopkins
Kathryn Jacks
Louise Willodean Marbut Jr
Elkmont
Doris Ann Ross
Clara Mae Miller
Jennifer Janice Coulter
Ricky Alan Clark
Claude Higdon Jr
Hartselle
David Michael Mooney
Birmingham
Cynthia Diane Callahan
Car crashes into Hicks Chevrolet showroom in Decatur
Decatur man Thomas L. Orr 25 passed out from blood loss while driving to hospital after a reported knife attack. He crossed Highway 31 South, struck a car, then smashed through a plate glass window into Hicks Chevrolet showroom with no one inside. Damage about 1500 dollars. Orr treated and released at Decatur General Hospital.
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Decatur
Thomas L. Orr
Sunset Dr
Hicks - Chevrolet
Orr
Decatur General Hospital
AAA Southend Ambulance Service
Chester A. Jones
Hicks ‘Chevrolet
Two Prisoners Returned To Morgan County Jail
Sheriff John McBride announced two inmates were returned to Morgan County Jail. William Henry Swoopes, 26, of Decatur, jumped bond two years ago in a grand larceny case and was captured by Cleveland authorities in Ohio last week. Cleve Barnett, 42, of Hartselle, was brought back from Lexington, Kentucky to face forgery charges.
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Morgan County
John McBride
McBride
Decatur
William Henry ‘Swoopes
Cleveland
Ohio
Swoopes
Trinity Stone
Cleve Barnett
Hartselle
Lexington
Barnett
Athens Teen Hurt in One Car Highway 127 Crash
A 16 year old Athens youth was injured Saturday night in a one car crash on Highway 127 Athens police said. Dwight Scroggins age 16 7th Ave was taken to Limestone Hospital.
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Athens
Dwight Scroggins
7Th Ave
Limestone
Doria Heads For Canada
Tropical Storm Doria moved up the northeast coast from New Jersey to Maine causing property damage and flash flooding while its winds weakened from 80 mph to around 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. The center was in extreme northern Maine moving northeast at 40 mph as it headed into Canada. gale warnings were discontinued from Block Island to Portsmouth but remained from Portsmouth to Eastport Maine.
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Boston
Doria
New Jersey
Maine
Canada
National Weather Service
Blue Hill Observatory
Milton
Mass
New England
Block Island
R.I
Portsmouth
N.H
Eastport
Men Charged With Larceny in Boat Theft Case
Two men face grand larceny charges over an outboard motor boat taken from Tim Smitger of Lacey's Spring. Jerry Berry age 26 of New Hope and Gordon Womack age 20 of Lacey's Spring were released on $750 bond each after arrest by County Investigator Harry Perry, per Sheriff John McBride.
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Tim Smitger
Lacey’s Spring
John McBride
McBride
Jerry Berry
New Hope
Gordon Womack
Harry Perry
Arrest Made In Bike Theft In Cotaco Youth Arrest
Morgan County sheriff says a 15 year old Cotaco youth was arrested for stealing a mini bike and turned over to juvenile authorities. The mini bike was recovered by county deputies in the investigation. It was the second theft arrest for the youth in two months.
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Morgan County
John McBride
Cotaco
McBride
Harry Perry
Wallace target named as snake oil peddler in anti-busing rally
Former Florida governor Claude Kirk launched a national campaign to oppose cross-busing in federal courts. At an Al Lang Stadium rally he labeled Alabama governor George Wallace a demagogue and a snake oil peddler while urging funds and court reversals. Kirk, chair of Parents Against Forced Busing, warned the desegregation plan is not mandatory and plans to meet in Los Angeles with anti-busing groups to coordinate their legal fight.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Claude Kirk
Alabama
George Wallace
al Lang Stadium
Kirk
Wallace
Manatee County
Manatee
Los Angeles
California
Texas
Washington
Lynch Mob Falls Short at Appling County Jail
Armed men described as an old fashioned lynch mob attempted to break into the Appling County jail in Baxley Georgia to seize William J. Pierce Jr. the 40 year old accused in nine killings across Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina. The state patrol said they did not obtain the prisoner. Further details were not immediately available.
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Baxley
Appling
State Patrol
Parol
William J. Pierce Jr
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
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Alou Aa
E. Moulton
Decatur General Admissions
Athens-Limestone Admissions
Jackie Artell McConnell
Errr Rere
Nameless Whitt
Lou Ann
Minnie Bell Pullum
William Anthony Stinnett
Anniston
Wanda Gail Lewis
Zelma Myrtle Williams
Lou Mae Fudge
Wilma Ey Pott
Deima Tie Shannon
William Donald Wallace
Reville
Mary Evelyn Power
Toney
John Richard Barwin
Cullman Hospital
Opal R. Blackwood
Addison
Sue Gurgganus
Vinemont
Foy Eugene Hadhey
Cullman
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Admissions
Randy Tisdale
Madison
Sandy Tisdale
Margaret Davis
Alpine St. S.E
Estelle Long
Hillsboro
Johnny Foster
6Th Ave. S.W
Lillie A
Evelyn Johnson
Wilson St
John Houser
Spring Ave
S.W
Keith White
Walnut St
N.W
Charles Glenn
Edward McGrew
Angela Draper
Orville
Carrie Fields
Ash St
Kenneth Vandiver
Austinville
Melvin Kennedy
13Th Ave. S.E
Doris Westmoreland
Huntsville
James C. Oden
James Monroe Parson
Flora L. Reynolds
Bremen
Henry Richard Schultz
James O. Scott
Hanceville
Robert Turner
San Antonio
Tex
William B. Vandiver
Daniel Charles Webb
Charles O. York
Geneva Black
Timothy Dale Bradford
Earl R. Brand
Wanda Mae Brock
Richard S. Buckelew
Ima G. Eidson
Emmett O. Hall
Hayden
Don L. Hardeman
Judy Dariene Lancaster
Phyllis Murray
Ronnie Stevens
Judy Elaine Surrett
Johnney M. White
Lawrence County Hospital
Jomey Norton
Shirley Openas
Frances
Julia Butler
Town Creek
Joyce Curry
Glendon Braxton
Danville
Reta Bruce
Trinity
Jim Pierceson
James Aldredge
Paul Corum
James Sudduth
Mount Hope
Joel Jones
Johnny Tidwell
Scotty McCay
Gwen Gillespie
Jim Wayne Copeland
John Robert Wade
John Wesley Hoskins
William Melvin Hill
Albert Curtis Malone
Limestone Hospital
Kansas City
Little Rock
Louisville
Marquette
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Mpis-St
America
6Th. Ave
S.E
Bank Americard
Town House Furniture
Morgan
Schrimscher
Pat Leisner
Sales & Rentals
Wilson Equipment Co., Inc
4Th Ave
Decatur Dial
Ala
American Financial Service Suite
State National Bank
GAS Department
Decatur, Ala
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