DECATUR -- Mayor Robert Tharp plans to retire in mid-January as he and his wife are expecting to move out of the city next month. Tharp announced his intentions Monday during a special meeting of the ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — The City of Decatur has a new top firefighter in town. The Decatur City Council appointed Interim Fire Chief Nathan Springer as the city’s next full-time chief on Monday.

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – On Monday, Decatur city leaders approved a rewrite to its existing land use zoning ordinance. The rewrite passed after being put up for a vote for the past seven years. Mayor ...

The Decatur City Council has changed the time of Monday’s work session to 4 p.m. because “of prior council commitments,” the city announced. The announcement says a quorum of the council is unable to ...

DECATUR — The arrival of new faces in the city’s top administrative positions could mean changes in the direction of the council's much-discussed neighborhood revitalization project.

On Monday, Decatur city leaders approved a rewrite to its existing land use zoning ordinance.

The City Council heard a proposal Monday night to study matching downtown Decatur's streetscape with the Sixth Avenue ...

One of Decatur's busiest highways is in line for more work aimed at improving safety and access. The City Council this week ...

Dozens of Decatur residents gathered during a community forum Monday night to express their concerns over the city's 99-year ...