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 ...

May is packed with events happening all around Birmingham, so consider your calendar officially full. From Furnace Chicken Fest and Rosé in the Roses to Symphony in the Park with the Alabama Symphony ...

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.

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 ...

He will always have a special place at our table.” McLemore’s obituary states he “passed away peacefully” and “with his beloved wife and his three daughters by his side.” Adding, “If you knew Don, ...

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

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

DECATUR, Ala. — Don McLemore, the visionary restaurateur who transformed a small family barbecue stand into one of the most celebrated and decorated BBQ destinations in the world, passed away ...

Burial followed at Hartselle Memory Gardens.   Bryleigh and Brynleigh were born February 26, 2019, in Madison County to Shawn Tyler Pledger and Ashley Dawn Hagood. Bryleigh passed from this life ...

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 ...