The City of Decatur is clarifying how a false active shooter alert was sent out to Civic Center staff on Tuesday. WCIA previously reported that Tuesday evening, Decatur Civic Center staff received a possible active shooter notification through an internal alert system.

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The department said an internal alert system at the civic center offices alerted to a "possible active shooter situation."

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - The public gathering has been pushed back to 5 p.m., according to the City of Decatur. It was originally scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. As of 2:30 p.m., the monks were still at Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center, which is where they stopped for lunch.

More than half a dozen new Decatur police officers were sworn in during a ceremony on Tuesday. Stocks will end 2025 with gains once again. The path to getting there was anything but straightforward. Dallas released Diggs Tuesday for what head coach Brian Schottenheimer called a "culmination of multiple factors."

A Decatur couple started hanging large, lighted spheres high up in trees several Christmases ago. This year more than 250 fill up the sky of their Parkwood neighborhood.

(Leon) -- Central Decatur girls basketball is on a hot streak with the New Year approaching. The Cardinals are 5-2 overall and 5-1 in the Pride of Iowa Conference while riding a five-game win streak into 2026.