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The students are among 2,500 winners from across the United States. According to a news release from the National Merit Scholarship Program, the winners were chosen from a pool of 15,000 finalists.

Geronimo Circle: A woman was shot at while driving in the 6000 block near Pueblo Drive close to 11 p.m. Monday. She told police four bullets struck the vehicle.

The Huntsville office of the National Weather Service predicts highs in the mid-80s today and Thursday. The only exception would be higher terrain in the northeast corner of Alabama, which should be more in the low 80s. Clouds will not be a factor, and the only light winds will be between 5 and 10 mph.

Police, HEMSI and Huntsville Fire & Rescue responded to the camp at about 1 a.m. They found a woman had been cut on the arm. The injuries were not serious, and she was transported to the Huntsville Hospital.

Students of two Limestone County schools will return to school this week after tornadoes damaged school facilities last Monday.

The clerk said a man brandished a handgun and got away with an undisclosed amount of money shortly before 10 p.m. The clerk was not injured.

That raises the total of tornadoes to nine that touched down in the Huntsville weather office forecast area in north Alabama and southern Tennessee.

That department budget he submitted last month? Forget it, says Lincoln County, Tenn., Sheriff Murray Blackwelder as he reported on the effects of the April 28, 2014, tornadoes.

A new citywide comprehensive plan being crafted over the next 18 months will address a little bit of everything: reviving older neighborhoods and struggling retail areas; meeting the needs of young professionals and empty nesters; being properly wired for an increasingly digital world; where to put future parks and greenways; growing in a sustainable way.

Decatur police are looking for a person who reportedly attacked and stabbed a woman near a convenience store on Highway 20 at 12th Avenue N.W. Tuesday evening.