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Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson said store security saw a man removing the TV's security label and wrapping while another man acted as a lookout. Officers confronted the men once they passed the points of sale.

A woman reported her car was stolen that day after she left it in the parking lot and walked to work. Store security footage led police to the first suspect, Kestalis Driggers, the next day.

Three GOP candidates are seeking the Madison County superintendent's job, including the incumbent superintendent and two other longtime educators.

AL.com's news partner, WHNT news 19, reports the police car collided with a city shuttle bus and a pickup truck at the intersection of Jordan Lane and Holmes Avenue close to 1 p.m. The driver of the patrol car was taken to the hospital. The people on the bus were not hurt. The truck driver was not seriously injured.

Police say Brazier was riding her motorcycle north on Memorial Parkway when she apparently lost control and hit an inside barrier and a light post near the Golf Road overpass. Brazier was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 9 a.m. Toxicology reports are pending.

Incumbent Sen. Paul Sanford faces David Blair, currently president of the Huntsville Board of Education, in the June 3 Republican primary.

The candidates are vying for the Republican nomination to replace Sen. Shadrack McGill, who is not seeking re-election after defeating former Sen. Lowell Barron in 2010.

Dispatch could not provide a specific location or details. However, AL.com's news partner, WHNT News 19, reports the fire destroyed the house. No one was inside at the time. Firefighters told WHNT the fire appeared suspicious and the investigation is ongoing. Read that report here.

The Huntsville Air Defense Artillery has awarded five Space Camp Scholarship to students.

Three Republicans and two Democrats are competing in the June 3 primary to be their party's candidate for the Alabama Senate District 1 seat in the November general election.