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DECATUR —The last of three new fire stations is one step closer to reality after the Decatur City Council approved a professional services agreement for design, bidding and construction oversight Monday evening. The council approved a $254,422 bid from Virginia-based Dewberry Architects, Inc. for the work on the new Fire Station 7, which will serve the southeast side of the city. Construction continues on the new Decatur Fire Station No. 3 in the Fairview Plaza Shopping Center. The new station is just a couple blocks north of the existing station and is part of an ongoing effort to updat...

Watch now: Decatur bus transit DECATUR — Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe admitted that the current state of the downtown trolley is a pet peeve of hers. It’s a sentiment shared by several members of the city council, who expressed frustration with the lack of ridership, decrying it as a waste of resources. “They drive around town all day with nobody on them,” Moore Wolfe said. “... The driver must get really lonely.” But, concerns aside, the council voted Tuesday to authorize the use of up to $785,000 in federal grant funds for the purchase of two new hybrid trol...

BRENDEN MOORE DECATUR — Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe admitted that the current state of the downtown trolley is a pet peeve of hers. It’s a sentiment shared by several members of the city council, who expressed frustration with the lack of ridership, decrying it as a waste of resources. “They drive around town all day with nobody on them,” Moore Wolfe said. “... The driver must get really lonely.” But, concerns aside, the council voted Monday to authorize the use of up to $785,000 in federal grant funds for the purchase of two new hybrid trolleys f...

DECATUR — Decatur Police Chief Jim Getz issued a warning to those who continue to stonewall police efforts to bring an end to the “senseless violence” that continues to plague the community. “It is time for those that have clout in these organizations to end the violence. If not, I promise you, we will do all we can to put you in prison for a long time,” Getz said in a statement issued Wednesday evening. It was the second time in six months that Getz issued a plea for people to come forward with information and follows a fatal shooting Tuesday in Decatur which he said...

DECATUR — Within view of a sign along Wyckles Road welcoming motorists to Harristown, there is a building under construction at its intersection with West Main Street in need of tenants. Harristown Mayor Evelyn Deverell thinks it would be an ideal location for Macon County’s first recreational marijuana dispensary. “We approved pretty much everything,” Deverell said, referring to action taken by the village board in 2019 allowing most forms of cannabis businesses to be established in the village. Dispensaries, growers and distributors are welcome, she said.  After the o...