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Huntsville police are asking for help in locating a missing Huntsville woman.

The memorial service for Steele-Livingston is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at Cove Church, 366 Old Highway 431, Owens Cross Roads.

The weather service has already said an EF-3 tornado touched down in Limestone County as well as in Lincoln County, Tenn. The Lincoln tornado began its track just north of the Alabama-Tennessee state line.

Huntsville police are asking for help in finding a man they say went missing April 16.

Hickory Barn BBQ owner Bill Davis was prepared to feed storm victims Sunday night after hearing reports that severe weather could produce tornadoes in north Alabama, but he had no idea the nearby community of Coxey would suffer so much devastation.

Huntsville business leaders wrote the judge to say that the black community had not been ignored by school officials and that the school system has taken several steps, such as providing all students with laptops, to equalize educational opportunities.

The seat currently maintained by Connie Spears is up for re-appointment. Spears, who first joined the BOE in 2009, is one of seven candidates for the post and is one of three candidates being interviewed tonight.

Flying at about 1,000 feet with pilot Donna Meyer, photographer Marty Sellers captured some of most dramatic images yet of the powerful EF-3 twister that sawed through the rural Flintville community Monday night.

Madison County officials announced paving will begin on the roadway, just east of Slaughter Road in Madison. Crews will pave about half a mile from the intersection at Slaughter Road to about 250 feet of east of the bridge.

City Attorney Kelly Butler said the public works department has been losing money on the cemetery operations, particularly on the grave openings and closings, which often requires paying workers overtime on weekends and holidays.

The plot prices were raised only to a level for the city to break even for providing cemetery services, she said.