5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (252+ words) The Morgan County Sheriff's Office was involved in the seizure of more than 10 pounds of methamphetamine and the arrest of a man in Cullman County as part of a multijurisdictional drug investigation, the Sheriff's Office reported Friday. Mitchell Craig Lands,…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (150+ words) Four Hartselle residents were arrested Thursday after one of them was accused of stealing an AR-style rifle earlier this month while telling the victim he was buying it, according to the Hartselle Police Department. Jaylan Labron Orr, 20; Brian Dunigan, 20; Rhonda-Gail…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago  (217+ words) After about 20 minutes of deliberations, a Limestone County jury Thursday found an Elkmont man guilty of rape and sexual abuse after prosecutors said he abused two female relatives, including one who was as young as 6. Dakota Lee Vaughn, 37, was convicted…...

17+ hour, 13+ min ago  (394+ words) For the first time in at least six years, the corrections officers positions at the Morgan County Jail are fully staffed. "We've been down single digits maybe twice in my six years," said Morgan County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Alan Host....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (234+ words) A Decatur man pleaded guilty last month to attempted first-degree arson and first-degree assault in a 2021 case in which police said he attacked his uncle and set a mattress on fire, and was not sentenced to prison time. Charles Louis…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (198+ words) A New Hope man was arrested Monday after he allegedly called in a bomb threat to the Limestone County Courthouse, according to the Limestone County Sheriff's Office. Everett Nathanial Welch, 42, was charged with first-degree making a terrorist threat and intimidating…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (327+ words) A woman was sentenced Monday in Dekalb County Circuit Court to 40 years in the state penitentiary, consistent with her plea agreement, for her 2021role in the murder of a Hartselle woman whom she and her mother pleaded guilty to pushing off…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (111+ words) Jaclyn Skuce leaves the Morgan County Courthouse on Friday after having been found guilty on three counts of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY] A jury found Jaclyn Skuce…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (108+ words) Jaclyn Skuce leaves the Morgan County Courthouse on Friday after having been found guilty on three counts of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY] A jury found Jaclyn Skuce guilty Friday morning…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (146+ words) Decatur Daily A Nashville woman was arrested early May 1 following a traffic stop on Interstate 65 that led to multiple drug and weapons charges, authorities said. According to the Hartselle Police Department, officers stopped a vehicle about 2: 14 a. m. after observing several traffic…...