Madison News

The Madison City Finance Committee met Wednesday night to review the city's proposed semi-annual amended budget, but left with more questions than answers.

The Madison City Council voted at its meeting Tuesday night to table a proposed contract with the Alabama Department of Transportation concerning the Interstate 565/County Line Road interchange until its second meeting in June.

Construction on the project is scheduled to begin in fiscal 2013-14, which begins Oct.

Troy Trulock has been on the Madison mayoral campaign trail since last November while his only other declared opponent, Don Palmer, just recently decided to enter the race.

The Madison City Council, which normally meets on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, has moved tonight's scheduled meeting to Tuesday at 6 p.m. in honor of Memorial Day.

A trial date for accused Discovery Middle School shooter Hammad Memon is likely months away, now that both sides in the murder case want a mental evaluation for the 16-year-old. In response to Memon's planned defense of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, Prosecutor Tim Gann filed a request Friday asking for an opportunity to have ... (more)

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Fewer Alabama high school students are graduating than previously thought, including students in the Huntsville city schools system, who are below the state average with a 66 percent graduation rate this year.

Hartselle police arrested a Madison man Tuesday and charged him with third-degree burglary.

Madison police are investigating over 50 reports from homeowners who say their homes and cars were burglarized either Tuesday night or early this morning in the Liberty Knoll subdivision, WHNT News 19 reports.

A Madison County Circuit judge has set a Sept. 10 trial date for Hammad Memon's father on hindering prosecution charges.

Huntsville Utilities said approximately 26,000 customers lost power Sunday night.

A Madison County grand jury has indicted the parents of Hammad Memon on hindering prosecution charges, stemming from the teen's apparent effort to flee prosecution.

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Children push the sweet potatoes off the pile to hands waiting to pack them at Asbury United Methodist Church Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Madison, Ala.

The calendar, which the districts in Madison and Madison County are also adopting, eliminates fall break and cuts Christmas break down to eight days.

The Jackson County school board named John Green, a high school principal in Alabama, as the school system's new superintendent during a brief called meeting Thursday that preceded Jackson County Comprehensive High School graduation exercises.

About a half-dozen candidates running for political office in Madison this summer attended a recent political forum to better acquaint themselves with the workings of city government.

The young Army Contracting Command is celebrating a milestone as Maj. Gen. Camille M. Nichols becomes its first commanding general in a time-honored flag ceremony this morning on Redstone Arsenal .

The US Space & Rocket Center opened its energy exhibition called Our Journey to Net Zero to the public in April.