Since the 1970s, Don McLemore led Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, the Decatur restaurant founded by his grandfather, to widespread ...

Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q has announced that its “heart and soul,” Don McLemore, has died. McLemore’s obituary says he died on ...

Hayward Don McLemore, a Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q pioneer and restaurateur of the year, passed away on April 17, 2026, at the ...

McLemore was the visionary behind Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q's transformation into a globally celebrated destination and iconic entry on the local restaurant scene.

City leaders are providing new details on the investigation into a crash that killed a mother and three of her children.

Margaret Elizabeth Summers passed away on March 25, 2026, after a lengthy hospital stay at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 6, 1940, to parents ...

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

JUDITH “JUDY” DUDLEY ABRAMSJudy Dudley Abrams, beloved child of God, was received into the presence of heaven on Friday, Dec.

On May 7, Decatur Fire & Rescue will officially launch its newest addition, Marine 1, a state-of-the-art rescue boat designed ...

When Carla Crowder walked into a Jefferson County courtroom in August 2019, she didn’t expect to change the direction of her ...

An Alabama judge has denied the United Methodist denomination’s claim to own a Dothan megachurch that broke away from the denomination. Houston County Circuit Judge Christopher K. Richardson, in a ...

DECATUR. Ala. (WHNT) — The Decatur Police Department says officers are hitting the streets in a new but familiar way. On ...