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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Schools in the Madison County school district will next week adopt a shorter work week for the summer. Beginning June 2, all county schools will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The...

Landcape crews on Wednesday morning began enforcing a two-year old order to remove the tangle of vines, shrubs and branches that had almost completely obscured James Hessler's home at 1320 Pratt Ave.

The Zimmermans had been missing since May 6 when they took off in their 1963 single-engine Mooney M20C from Cody. They planned to fly around Yellowstone before heading to Twin Falls, Idaho.

Alfred Benesch & Co., a Chicago-based engineering firm with offices in Huntsville, will work with municipal traffic experts over the next two years on planned upgrades to University from Providence Main Street west to the Limestone County lines as well as the Parkway from Meadowbrook Drive south to Hobbs Road.

The Fair Housing Agency of Alabama will sponsor a free event in Huntsville to help teens learn more about safe driving.

The teens beat out 83 other secondary school-level teams from across the globe to win an improvisational challenge called Pandemonium. The challenge was one of seven that made up the finals, held last week in Knoxville, Tenn.

Jones has also been accused of living outside the district, but he disputes that, as well

Last summer around this time of year, David Hilbun, age 5, of Madison, was at a pool party for his sister's softball team, celebrating the end of the season. He'd had swim lessons and had spent quite a bit of...

Unless otherwise noted, Huntsville police reported the following incidents Tuesday. In items with incomplete addresses, police withheld the information.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Huntsville fire crews responded to a fire at an abandon home at 650 Pratt Avenue, behind Flooring America. Officials at the scene said that an officer on patrol saw smoke and alerted Huntsville firefighters around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday....