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The task force has investigated nearly 1,000 meth labs, conducted thousands of undercover stings for meth, cocaine and marijuana, and was among the first to crack down on the sale of ephedrine.

The National Weather Service predicts partially cloudy days both Saturday and Sunday with more clouds moving in during the nights. There is a 40 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening hours. Those chances should drop to 20 percent overnight.

NICA, which announced a Huntsville chapter in April, will use its proceeds to develop biking league plans to present to Huntsville City Schools officials by the start of the next school year. Eddie Freyer, NICA's Alabama League Director, said such clubs would be in participating middle and high schools. They would be recognized as official school clubs and run by volunteer coaches.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --  The rain passed and fans and musicians enjoyed the one-of -a-kind sound of the 10th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival Friday evening at Lowe Mill. Local blues icon Microwave Dave and Justin Johnson opened the event dedicated...

Three males between ages 16 and 21 told police they were waiting to meet someone in the parking lot to buy marijuana. According to the police report, they said five strangers approached the vehicle shortly before 8 p.m. and pointed a gun at them. They said the robbers took the vehicle plus their cash and cell phones.

Gen. Dennis Via, Commanding General of Army Materiel Command based at Redstone Arsenal, was among those taking in the exhibits at this week's White House Science Fair.

The Space Launch System looks increasingly likely to survive its critics and become reality

Maurice Antionne Cartwright, 34, of Huntsville was arrested in May 2013 after doctors found his son died of apparent brain trauma and showed signs of being choked. Police originally charged with aggravated child abuse. That charge was dismissed in favor of a capital murder charge.

"Were the Court to examine the Board's student assignment motion in a vacuum, isolated from the community that the Court's actions affect, the Court's decision would be subject to valid criticism," writes the federal judge today.

"It is unrealistic to expect that the Court's decision will satisfy every
stakeholder, and that is not the Court's obligation..."