UPDATE: (10/29) — The Decatur Police Department said that both men, who were considered armed and dangerous, have turned themselves in to authorities. Cain Cook turned himself in to the Decatur Police ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Decatur community activists are calling for a change in the police department’s mental health response protocols. This comes after police placed John Scott Jr. under arrest on ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - The Decatur Police Department’s Mental Health Liaison is defending officers over an arrest where one man ended up in the hospital. John Scott Jr. spent much of the past week in ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – The Decatur Police Department is investigating the death of a man who they say stabbed his father. According to the police department, on June 14, at about 7:26 p.m., officers ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – A man was arrested for sodomy on Thursday, according to the Decatur Police Department. The police department said that a sexual abuse incident involving a minor was reported on ...

A Decatur man has been arrested on a charge of sexual assault of a child, according to the Decatur Police Department. On Sept. 4, Fernando Escobar, 42, was taken into custody. Escobar was being held ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Decatur police have released surveillance footage of a person who entered a vacant home just before it caught on fire. The fire happened on Monday, May 5 at a home in the 600 ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Decatur Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing woman. On Wednesday, Decatur PD posted on social media in search of Shavonne C. Anthony ...

A North Alabama family is seeking justice after their son died in custody. Paulette Tennison filed a lawsuit on behalf of her son, John Scott Jr. Scott, 39, died in April 2025 after slipping into a ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — The Decatur Police Department said a man has been charged with murder following a shooting on Saturday afternoon. According to DPD, at about 3 p.m., officers were sent to Mud ...