Decatur
Morning News
Saturday, September 20th, 2025
Good morning, Decatur. Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 20th of September.
BUSINESS NEWS
- ➤ Kathleen’s Fine Art and Interiors and Albany Framing have thrived downtown for more than 20 years — they now face challenges from new tariffs. Decatur Daily
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ Data released Friday by the Alabama Department shows that unemployment rates in Morgan and Limestone stayed lower than state and national levels for August—although labor participation rates dropped slightly. Decatur Daily
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Calhoun's Advanced Technology Center expansion is open and serves 1,400 students per semester, and Mason Simmons—an instructor—lined up a metal tube on her manual lathe to reshape it into a dead center this week. Decatur Daily
HEALTH NEWS
- ➤ Decatur Morgan Hospital acquired a new PET-CT scanner in November and has used it for advanced heart and cancer scans—it will expand its use for early Alzheimer’s detection in the coming months. Decatur Daily
SPORTS NEWS
- ➤ On Sept. 19, WAAY 31 delivered coverage of high school football games across North Alabama beginning at 10:15 p.m.—the channel later showed highlights, scores and analysis at 11 p.m. on TV, livestream and its news app. WAAY-TV
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