From the monthly archives:

July 2010

National Olympics standouts – The Decatur Daily (subscription)

July 31, 2010

The Decatur Daily (subscription) National Olympics standouts The Decatur Daily (subscription) Area athletes Lucas Compton, left, and Teresa Noble won multiple medals at the USA National Special Olympic Games at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln …

Athens to showcase downtown, history with homecoming – The Decatur Daily (subscription)

July 31, 2010

The Decatur Daily (subscription) Athens to showcase downtown, history with homecoming The Decatur Daily (subscription) ATHENS — Come home to a town reported by its Civil War-era mayor to be the last Southern city to lower the American flag and

Competition for a worthy cause – The Decatur Daily (subscription)

July 31, 2010

The Decatur Daily (subscription) Competition for a worthy cause The Decatur Daily (subscription) ATHENS — Competitive fun can help an Athens man reach the “well mark” in his battle against cancer. Team registrations are under way for …

Lordy, lordy, Point Mallard’s 40 – The Decatur Daily (subscription)

July 31, 2010

The Decatur Daily (subscription) Lordy, lordy, Point Mallard's 40 The Decatur Daily (subscription) Some go to Germany for Oktoberfest, others to visit museums. The late J. Gilmer Blackburn went to Germany to research wave pools. …

Lordy, lordy, Point Mallard’s 40 – The Decatur Daily (subscription)

July 31, 2010

The Decatur Daily (subscription) Lordy, lordy, Point Mallard's 40 The Decatur Daily (subscription) Some go to Germany for Oktoberfest, others to visit museums. The late J. Gilmer Blackburn went to Germany to research wave pools. …

Journalist among 150 bikers riding for cancer

July 31, 2010

It is a given that for those of us who enjoy riding motorcycles, a good cause makes the ride all the more enticing. This one was a 150-mile loop that took about 150 bikers through Enterprise, over to Jack for a pit stop, up to Troy, …

Hundreds flock to cooling station at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham

July 31, 2010

Christian Service Misson gave out free ice cream Gil Franks with the Christian Service Mission. lower right, hands out ice cream in front of Boutwell Auditorium. Birmingham officials estimated 200-300 people took advantage of the city’s cooling station at Boutwell Auditorium today to beat the…

3 teenagers killed in Talladega County crash

July 31, 2010

State Troopers say the victims were not wearing seat belts.

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton gets married

July 31, 2010

Bill and Hillary Clinton say their daughter married investment banker Marc Mezvinsky.

What you’re saying: 3 fishermen arrested in Bayou La Batre protest

July 31, 2010

Three people were arrested in Bayou La Batre, Ala., today after blockading city waters to protest getting little oil cleanup work, police and fishermen who were at the protest said this afternoon. Jobie Allen Nelson, 31, Gordon Lewis Schoon, 23, and Michael Donald Sowa, 38, were arrested …