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DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama councilman apologized for making a racially charged...

North Alabama councilman called on to resign for saying Black protesters should be run over Updated Mar 07, 2021; Posted Mar 07, 2021 The evening of December 12, 2018, protesters and activists demanding justice for Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. demonstrated at Target in Hoover and then walked to nearby shops and restaurants at The Grove shopping center. Facebook Share By Michael Wetzel The Decatur Daily, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services Decatur Councilman Hunter Pepper said Saturday he was “extremely sorry” for making a racially insensitive social media post in ...

Feb. 25—Three-year city employee Kyle Demeester will be Decatur's new CFO if contract negotiations are successful, but he won't be required to live in the city for which he works. The four new City Council members spoke in favor of promoting Demeester from finance manager to chief financial officer at this week's council meeting. Demeester, of Athens, has not agreed to move to Decatur if ...

Feb. 25—Jackson family lore says they're descendants of Andrew Jackson, the nation's seventh president, and the family has become one of most prominent and well known in the city. They overcame financial hardship, which included the loss of their ancestral land, unusual family dynamics and the racial obstacles of the time. Lorenzo Jackson Sr., patriarch of the Decatur family who died at age 75 ...

Fabulous Flip Sides of The Tymes with Albert “Caesar” Berry For Valentine’s Day, love songs from the 1960s and 1970s are discussed with Albert “Caesar” Berry from The Tymes Author: GOLDMINE: Ceasar, let’s go back to the beginning and the first time you heard your doo-wop song “So Much in Love” on the radio in Philadelphia, in 1963, on its way to becoming No. 1 nationally. ALBERT “CAESAR” BERRY: It was a thrill! Norman Burnett, George Hilliard, Donald Banks and I were singing songs in my basement. We had harmonies but didn’t have a lead singer. Norman ran ...