Decatur
Morning News
Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
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Good morning, Decatur. Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 27th of May.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Fifteen-year-old Emma Landrum has led a project to place markers on unmarked veterans' graves at Rose Lawn Cemetery in Decatur—honoring forgotten heroes and paying tribute to her late father. The project, which began as a Girl Scout Bronze Award assignment, has already placed ten markers and will raise funds for $435 marble slabs to mark additional veterans' graves. Rocket City Now
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ An Ohio man, 29-year-old D’Angelo Antonio Bates, was arrested by Priceville police early Monday—his car was stopped on I-65 near mile marker 332—and found with over two pounds of marijuana, more than two ounces of psilocybin mushrooms laced with fentanyl and a firearm in a spare tire compartment. Rocket City Now
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TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
~ Jim Rohn
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