Limestone County News

Crews responded to the scene of a fatal accident in Hartselle. Officials said it happened at 5520 Highway 31.

Mark Lewis Scott, pictured, of Prospect, Tenn., was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree burglary by the Limestone County Sheriff's Office .

Organizers of the Alabama Jubilee Festival in Decatur spent Monday morning cleaning up after what they called a successful event.

National Weather Service scientists want north Alabama residents to contribute to an exhibit about last year's tornado outbreak.

At press time, Limestone County authorities were searching an area east of Athens for a hot-air balloon that a witness reported going down.

An undercover sting operation led to the arrest of two men for drug trafficking in Falkville Friday night.

The city of Athens is going green with their new vehicles. Mayor Ronnie Marks demonstrated the city's new compressed natural gas filling station and car.

Law enforcement officials from across north Alabama converged on Jasper Wednesday for a Driving Under the Influence seminar hosted by the Walker County District Attorney's Office.

Limestone County Schools issued pink slips Thursday to 45 certified, non-certified and substitute employees for various reasons, including one-year contract employees or loss of teacher units due to enrollment.

Tom Sisk of Bay Minette in Baldwin County was selected to be the new superintendent of Limestone County school district .

A grandfather convicted of raping his granddaughter was sentenced to three consecutive 30-year sentences by a Limestone County judge Tuesday.

Governor Robert Bentley awarded a $5,000 grant to Marshall County to help reduce energy consumption on farms.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday gave TVA an extra year to meet a national fire protection standard at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Limestone County.

The Huntsville Police Department announced the termination of two officers. One of the officers was involved in an incident during an arrest in October of 2011.

A Huntsville-backed economic development bill that died in the regular session of the Legislature has new life in the ongoing special session .

More than 100 people from across the country have submitted resumes hoping to be considered for the job, which has an advertised annual pay range of $69,721 to $112,403. After the application deadline closes June 1, a 16-member search committee headed by Director of Urban Development Shane Davis will begin winnowing the field to three finalists who ... (more)

Limestone County will buy the formerly L&S Foodland-anchored shopping center on North Jefferson Street for half its appraised a This item is available in full to subscribers.

Alexander Justin Moore, 22, of Athens, was arrested Saturday night for sodomy and two counts of sexual abuse by Athens police .

Figures released Friday showed unemployment at 7.8 percent in Escambia County, down from 10 percent in the same month of 2011.

Six months ago, the post office in this northwest Limestone County hamlet was shuttered.