Since the 1970s, Don McLemore led Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, the Decatur restaurant founded by his grandfather, to widespread acclaim and fame. McLemore died April 17, according to an obituary shared ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Hayward Don McLemore, a Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q pioneer and restaurateur of the year, passed away on April 17, 2026, at the age of 84. McLemore was born in Decatur, Alabama, to ...

On Thursday, the North Alabama Conference completed the sale of the current United Methodist Center to Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), as part of the broader campus transition to the U.S. Coast ...

“He knows almost every customer that walked through the door," McLemore’s grandson Andrew Lilly told PEOPLE ...

Katie Lou Pritchett Harris, 82, of Decatur, Alabama, passed away peacefully on April 5, 2026. Born February 4, 1944, in Tuscaloosa, she was the daughter of Margaret “Sis” Partlow and Harry Houghton ...

Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q has announced that its "heart and soul," Don McLemore, has died.

Mildred Hickman Mildred Scroggins Hickman, age 91, a native of Meigs County and longtime resident of Ooltewah and Decatur, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2026. She had been a member of Harrison ...

Local history came alive Monday night with a walking tour of the Oak City Cemetery presented by the Decatur County Historical Society.

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Police said two people tied to multiple trading card thefts have been charged in Decatur. According to the Decatur Police Department, Anthony W. Bauer and Mercedes Nichols are ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Decatur police arrest suspects wanted in different trading card thefts around North Alabama. In March 2026, the Decatur Police Department received a report of theft from ...