Tony Powers is the first Black male mayor in the City of Decatur. The newly elected mayor was appointed Jan. 5.

Police cordoned off Monitor Court and Battle Forrest Drive for hours overnight. The standoff started around 10 p.m. Wednesday ...

Efforts to address reparations for Black descendants of enslaved people, and those who suffered under Jim Crow laws, in metro ...

DECATUR, Ga. — For the first time in a decade, the City of Decatur has a new mayor. City Commissioner Tony Powers was chosen ...

(BAINBRIDGE, Ga.) Leslie McCord Bernier, 62, of Bainbridge, Ga., passed away Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.

With the holiday season now in the rearview mirror, there are still opportunities left for DeKalb County residents to recycle ...

Photos from Monday night’s Walk for Peace as Buddhist monks arrived at The Morrow Center at Southlake Mall where they were to ...

Alicia Johnson will become the first Black woman elected to a statewide post that isn't a judgeship in Georgia when she takes office on the state Public ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Decatur Fire Department has named Tina German-Roberts a captain, making her the first woman ever to hold that title with the department. "I think it's about time we have ...

DECATURVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two deaths at a home in rural Decaturville from Thursday afternoon. Deputies were called to the 100 block of Wheat ...

DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) - A new project in Decatur County is providing free mobile showers to the community. CEO of Love and Care Community Outreach Ministries Inc. Jeanette Thompson manages the ...

A deadly, easily transmissible disease was found in a deer in Decatur County and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is offering hunters an incentive to harvest more there. A hunter-harvested deer ...