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Despite delays that have pushed initial test flights months behind schedule, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told reporters Monday that a NASA contract to build an astronaut transport capsule “will not be a losing proposition” for the company.

The following local residents completed the Troy University's requirements for graduation during the summer semester and Term 5 of the 2017-2018 academic year:

Laken Berry of Athens has been named to the chancellor's list at Troy University for the summer semester/Term 5 of the 2017-2018 academic year.

Austin Wright of Elkmont recently earned a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Berry College in Rome, Ga.

Weather permitting, the city of Decatur’s Street Department will close Pennylane Southeast at 8 a.m. Wednesday for drainage work.

Coffman Road in Limestone County has been closed though Wednesday to replace pipes and relocate water lines, according to the county's Emergency Management Agency.

Environmental nonprofit Tennessee Riverkeeper has joined the Center for Biological Diversity in planning to sue Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. and the city of Huntsville over the construction and operation of a manufacturing plant in the Greenbrier area.

The Decatur Police Department plans to assign extra officers to spend time patrolling major roads for drunk drivers, beginning Friday through Sept. 3.

The Decatur City Council will hold a public hearing on a proposed gas tax increase at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at Turner-Surles Community Resource Center.

An ALDOT project report issued last week again slated 2043 as the year when preliminary engineering on widening Interstate 565 would begin, dampening the hopes of some local officials who had hoped the governor’s election-year enthusiasm for the project would…