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Curious what happened in the Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lawrence, Lauderdale, Marshall and Morgan counties primary elections? The answers are right here.

Two candidates remain in the race for Madison County superintendent after Tuesday's Republican primary election.

Whorton was the subject of attacks from Johnson over his campaign finances and financial reporting. Last week Johnson apologized after alleging in a Facebook post that Horton had accepted more than $77,000 from the Alabama Education Association.

Young, 30, of Hazel Green is the county's chief deputy coroner. He has worked in the office under current coroner, Craig Whisenant, for three years after working in public safety, including work with the Huntsville-Madison County Rescue Squad and Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department. He has also worked as a funeral director for Spry Funeral Homes.

As candidates and their campaign assistants scrambled to keep up with vote tallies from three counties in the newly created Senate District 1, Mike Curtis was declared the Democratic candidate, while Republicans Chris Seibert and Tim Melson will face a runoff.

Sanford moves on to face Huntsville attorney and former congressional candidate Mitchell Howie in the Nov. 4 general election. Howie slipped past Rhonda "Rose" Gaskin in Tuesday's Democratic Party primary.

Winner says he's looking forward to the challenge of unseating incumbent Rep. Jim Patterson in November

McKay, 32, won the Republican primary Tuesday evening against challenger Glenn Watson, a former Huntsville City Councilman for 12 years. Complete but unofficial returns show McKay took 65 percent (13,472) of the vote, while Watson nabbed 35 percent (7,134).

MADISON, Alabama -- Bill Holtzclaw was re-elected to serve a second term representing the Alabama Senate District 2. Bill Holtzclaw  Complete but unofficial results show Holtzclaw with about 66 percent of votes, a lead he had maintained the entire night...

Police have noticed a rise in thefts from vehicles over the last several weeks. Lt. Terrell Cook said such an increase is common in the summer months as well as around Christmas. He said this is mostly because younger perpetrators are out of school or at home. He said although this is a generalization and thieves are of all ages, those arrested for car break-ins have generally been less than 30 years old.