Oct. 9—PRICEVILLE — The Buddy and Mary Ratliff home in Priceville is framed by life and color. The 87-year-old high school sweethearts still maintain every square inch of the 1.5-acre lawn off Pleasant Acres Road themselves. It is an oasis of flowers, bright green potato vines, rows of hydrangeas, Mexican petunias, rose bushes, holly trees, every flower you can think of and some you can't — ...

Oct. 9—PRICEVILLE — Abby Langlois had a team-high 12 kills as Priceville wrapped up an undefeated area schedule with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-14, 25-8) win over Ardmore on Tuesday. Leah Childress had nine kills and 14 digs for the Bulldogs, while Maddi Kennedy had 20 digs. Josie Childress had 19 assists, eight digs and three aces and Rachael Rotermund finished with 10 digs, seven assists and three ...

Oct. 8—Decatur Youth Services will hold its annual Etta Freeman Fall Festival on Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at 500 Memorial Drive N.W. The festival will food, games, music, rides and a raffle. Admission is free. — bayne.hughes@decaturdaily.com or 256-340-2432 ___ (c)2024 The Decatur Daily (Decatur, Ala.) Visit The Decatur Daily (Decatur, Ala.) at www.decaturdaily.com Distributed by Tribune Content ...

Oct. 8—The voluntary compliance agreement — a document that imposed probation-like federal oversight for alleged racial discrimination that violated the Fair Housing Act — is no longer in effect for the Decatur Housing Authority, according to its director. Director Taura Denmon said at the DHA board meeting last week that the voluntary compliance agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing ...

Oct. 8—A photo of civil rights activist Garrick Rawls sitting behind Mayor Tab Bowling during Sunday service at First Baptist Church stirred strong and mixed reactions from Decatur residents on Monday. "This morning a known civil rights activist from Huntsville who has an extensive arrest history, Garrick Rawls (see photo below) arrived and sat directly behind Sherry and me," Bowling wrote in ...