Living 50 Plus Decatur-Morgan

08/13/2025

When Char Baxter was only 5 and living in Iowa, her parents bought her a paint set for Christmas. As a creative little girl, she immediately took to it.

08/13/2025

Five Decatur women, most of them grandmothers and one just months from becoming a great-grandmother, helped a 10-player senior tennis team win a state championship this spring.

08/13/2025

On paper, Decatur’s Youth Services Department is supposed to address the “economic, social and educational challenges” of the city’s young people.

08/13/2025

David Perdew, 72, was diagnosed with Type II diabetes, but did not let that stop him from living a good life.

06/11/2025

By Deborah Storey | Living 50 Plus A tiny train chugs its way through a Decatur backyard, past stumpy little trees and a small-scale mountain, then across a realistic miniature bridge. Mark and Barb Brown created this whimsical railroad as a way to share a pastime, enjoy the outdoors and basically j...

06/11/2025

By Deborah Storey | Living 50 PLus Picture yourself homebound at age 80, with no close friends or local family. Lonely days stretch into uneventful evenings of TV and microwave meals. Every morning starts the same sad routine. But when a volunteer from the local Senior Companion program shows up at....

06/11/2025

By Jean Cole | Living 50 Plus Watch them practice for only a few minutes and you can see the Soulful Shakers dance troupe is full of women who have always been good dancers. They show off smooth, in-sync and sometimes sexy moves. Every now and again they snap open their hand fans to a

06/11/2025

By Jean Cole | Living 50 Plus Never underestimate an old man who knows tai chi. That was the message printed on Sid Braunstien’s optic orange T-shirt one recent Tuesday as he was teaching a class on tai chi at the Decatur Public Library. The slogan nails down Braunstien pretty well. He’s a big g...

05/06/2025

Mom & Me Photo Contest
(Son or Daughter) Lookalike Contest 2025

Do you and Mom share a lot in common, including your looks?
Enter our Mom-&-Me Lookalike Contest, and that resemblance could really pay off.

Prizes are:
Lynn Layton Chevrolet - $100 Oil Change Certificate
Lynn Layton Ford - $100 Oil Change Certificate
Hartselle Havoline Xpress L**e - $100 Oil Change Certificate
Shoals Story telling Festival - 2 Three-Day Tickets ($140 value)
Holaway's Foodland - $100 Meat Box
Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q - $100 Gift Card
Kelly's Jewelry - $100 Gift Card
It's Your Day - $100 Gift Card
Priceville Foodland - $100 Gift Certificate
Enter & Vote here:
https://www.decaturdaily.com/promotions/ #/rounds/1/gallery

04/09/2025

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04/09/2025

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Every time Carol Montgomery hears about a local student with art hanging in the Huntsville Museum of Art, at the capitol in Montgomery and in Washington, D.C., a twinge of pride fills her heart. “I like to think that maybe I had a little something to do with

04/09/2025

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus When Karen Woldahl moved to Decatur from Indiana in 2002 as a member of Nucor Steel — the city’s newest industrial mill at the time — she searched for ways to get involved with the community. Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, cau...