HUNTSVILLE – There’s a formal name for it, but most everyone has come to know it simply as Juneteenth and the Rocket City is getting a jump on the celebration. […]

HUNTSVILLE – Summer is coming in a few weeks, and with it the promise of a simmering sun baking the land with daily temperatures hovering in the 90s. The folks […]

MADISON – Armed Forces Celebration Week continues with one highlight Wednesday at Toyota Field – the Community Softball Game featuring Team Redstone taking on the community squad North Alabama Rockets. […]

HUNTSVILLE – Gray day data or black cat data. On Youtube’s “Clear English Corner” with Keenyn Rhodes, the speech-language pathologist says either pronunciation is correct. Lean on the a, or […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville-Madison County Chamber is honoring the military in the community during Armed Forces Celebration Week. Festivities kick off Saturday night when the Huntsville City Football Club takes […]

HUNTSVILLE – Two lingering themes emerged from Mayor Paul Finley’s City of Madison Update at the Von Braun Center. Once only a small suburb of its neighbor to the east, […]

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HUNTSVILLE – Whether the sounds are music to the ears or painful reminders that not everyone is meant to sing out loud or play an instrument for public consumption, it […]

LEIGHTON – First Street in downtown Leighton will soon have a new name in honor of one of the town’s pioneers when it is renamed Bob Carl Bailey Memorial Drive […]

HUNTSVILLE – Kenny Anderson describes the annual jazz music series in Big Spring Park East a melting pot of sorts – there’s something for everyone. The lineup for Jazz in […]

HUNTSVILLE – Representatives from the City of Huntsville and Huntsville City Schools are joining to host a town hall event this weekend designed for Hispanic and Latino residents to engage […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville City Council continues to answer calls to meet demands of a growing population in all parts of the Rocket City, this time granting a request for […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Southern Fried Film Festival returns for a multi-day celebration of film and local music next month. The event will take place June 6-9 throughout Huntsville, highlighting and […]

ATHENS — It is said “there’s no place like home.” And that includes taking a tour of the sites and attractions in your own backyard. “We often get so caught […]

HUNTSVILLE – The folks at a local professional engineering and analysis firm kicked around ideas for a 25th anniversary celebration, and one idea topped them all. Why not connect it […]

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MERIDIANVILLE – Vintage aircraft aficionados can’t fly them, but they can not only look but touch and ride World War II planes this week in Meridianville. The aircraft are scheduled […]

MADISON – Madison Fire and Rescue has received another infant surrender through the Safe Haven Baby Box, the city of Madison said today. This is the third surrender this year […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville’s administrative building was built during the heady days of the mid-1960s during the space race. It served the community well, but its time also came past. This […]

HUNTSVILLE – Jennifer Geist, who has helped lead First Stop through its greatest period of growth, is stepping down as executive director. Geist has been a passionate advocate for people […]

HUNTSVILLE – Cleanup efforts by large crews and damage assessment continues more than a week after what has been updated to an EF2 tornado hit Maple Hill Cemetery on a […]

HUNTSVILLE – After moving their household 26 times, Jim and Judy Link made Huntsville their permanent home when Jim retired from the Army in 2000. It didn’t take long for […]

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HUNTSVILLE – City crews have removed 1.4 million pounds of debris as cleanup efforts continue following last week’s storms. Public Works Director Chris McNeese projected crews will gather about the […]