Saeed Jones, the cultural critic, poet, memoirist and former BuzzFeed executive editor, will deliver the Decatur Book Festival’s opening keynote on Oct. 3. Angie Thomas, bestselling author of young ...

As the rays of the early evening sun filtered through the treetops onto Flint Baptist Church’s The Blessing Garden, dozens of ...

Memorial services for Sylvia Gilliland Chandler, age 89, of Decatur, GA, will be held on Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST, at Decatur First Baptist Church in Decatur, GA. Ms. Chandler passed ...

A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a pregnant woman and her unborn child in the US state of Georgia, authorities have said. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 11—First Missionary Baptist Decatur will host a grocery giveaway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. The giveaway ...

The 10th annual Amplify Decatur Music Festival is happening from Thursday, June 4th through Sunday, June 7th. The festival kicks off Thursday with a performance by singer-songwriter duo Penny & ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Decatur man accused of kidnapping a young girl from a church camp and offering her money to have sex with him appeared in court on Wednesday and entered a plea in the case ...

George Wright has stepped down as the senior pastor of Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The reverend made the sudden announcement on social media on Friday, May 1, confirming ...

Decatur’s splash pad at Memorial Park — a new park feature that distills the pastime of running through sprinklers and reimagines it with an arsenal of interactive spray elements and a towering bucket ...

Ella Langley is opening up about what it was like for her growing up in a small town as a Southern Baptist. During an interview on the “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von” podcast, the 26-year-old country ...

A Stone Mountain woman wearing a hijab says she was racially profiled and denied entry to a Democratic event in Decatur despite having a ticket. Witnesses claim Jawahir Sharwany was peacefully waiting ...