Authorities released a nearly-30-minute video from body camera footage of John Scott Jr.'s arrest on the evening of April 15.

A Decatur man has died after being arrested by local police last week as the result of a mental health call, according to a ...

Law enforcement says a Black man hospitalized for a week following an arrest in which Alabama police shocked him with a Taser and punched him has died.

Country music husband and wife duo, The War And Treaty, has an upcoming tour date scheduled at the Princess Theatre in ...

A Black man who was Tasered and left hospitalized after an arrest earlier this month has died, and his family is demanding ...

The Decatur Police Department confirms that a man arrested during an incident that sparked backlash on social media, has now ...

A Black Alabama man who was hospitalized last week after he was punched and Tasered by police has died. John Scott Jr., a 41-year-old Decatur resident, died Tuesday after being in a coma.

We ask for the public’s patience and understanding," wrote Interim Decatur Police Chief Nadis E. Carlisle, Jr.

On April 15, 2025, John Daniel Scott Jr. was arrested on an outstanding Morgan County Failure to Appear (FTA) warrant, ...

The Lawrence County Job Fair on April 29 will feature over 40 employers at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Moulton.

A new Chase Bank is planned for Beltline Road after site plans were approved this week by the Decatur Planning Commission.The bank will be located at 1104 Beltline Road, between ...

The uncertainty has reignited anger in Decatur, a northern Alabama city divided by the ongoing trial of a white officer charged with murder for fatally shooting a different Black man in 2023.