Sale of Birmingham-Southern College to Coast Guard forces change for campus religious center

Since the Methodist-affiliated Birmingham-Southern College closed on May 31, 2024, after a long, slow death caused by ...

City of Decatur leaders to hold series of community meetings

Following the release of the 2026 Community Survey results last week, the city of Decatur will host a series of district ...

Decatur High students honor Matthew Ward with basketball fundraiser for St. Jude

Matthew Ward passed away last December from complications with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

‘I’m standing on the shoulders of a giant’: Son takes over dad’s Alabama megachurch after 38 years

The pastor of a Birmingham megachurch has retired and turned the pulpit over to his son. Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church moved to its $6.5 million campus at 2135 Jefferson Ave. S.W. in West ...
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Decatur will shift to a directly elected mayor in 2027

The city of Decatur will shift to a directly elected mayor beginning with the 2027 election cycle. The charter review, House ...