Madison News

By the time the movie started Friday, June 14, 2013, his real life had flipped into the nightmare scenes of an action film.

Dr. Georgina Nelson was named new principal at Madison's Heritage Elementary School on Tuesday.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A total of nine Huntsville schools are on the list of "failing schools" released by Alabama state Superintendent Tommy Bice moments ago.

The faces of children who are being sponsored through Compassion International -- and of the children who could be sponsored -- remind people, like Christy Jordan of Madison, Ala., of her own children.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville Utilities reports a power outage in the city of Madison after a severe thunderstorm passed through around 1:30 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Limestone and Madison counties.

Celebrating two lives united in friendship, two friends united in love, and one love united in Christ, Katlyn Elizabeth Lewis and Jonathan Paul Moore were united in marriage on May 18, 2013 in a 2:00 afternoon ceremony.

Two craft beer breweries are among 21 Madison restaurant and beverage businesses that will attempt to overwhelm tastebuds at MadFood this Tuesday.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Gross III, brigade targeting officer with 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is currently serving with Combined Team Uruzgan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at Multinational Base - Tarin Kot, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan.

Herbert III and Olin Bowles of Huntsville named their daughter, born April 29 at Huntsville Hospital, London Shay' Monique Lee Bowles.

In the video, above, children who participated in the 2013 Music Camp at Messiah Lutheran Church in Madison, Ala., perform "God Goes Fishing," the original play about Jonah written by church Pastor Scott Peterson and church musician Lois Graff, at the church on Sunday, June 9, 2013.

The Huntsville City Council approved a $6.9 million contract to four-lane Martin Road on the west side of Redstone Arsenal Thursday evening.

MADISON, Alabama - A Madison entrepreneur for more than 24 years and Allstate exclusive agency owner, Carolyn Lankford was recently awarded the Best in Company Agency Achievement award for the Southeast region, in addition to a slew of other honors for business growth and customer satisfaction and retention.

Decatur police arrested a Madison woman Wednesday and charged her with three counts of distribution of a controlled substance.

Each week we bring you a quick roundup of the latest buzz in Huntsville. Got a recommendation? Email it to avollers@al.com.

Madison Police Department arrested 60-year-old Dennis Craston Brock, of Madison, on Friday, June 7, 2013 for the sexual abuse of a child under 12 years old.

Prosecutors and attorneys for Safia Memon appear to have reached a plea agreement on her hindering prosecution charge stemming from an April 2012 effort to help her son flee a murder charge , according to court records.

The Madison City Council will have the chance to approve a half-cent sales tax increase at its next meeting June 24. The City Council on Monday night presented the first reading of the proposed ordinance that would raise the city's sales tax rate from 3 percent to 3.5 percent.

Since its founding just a short time ago in 2010, Blue Pants Brewery has gone from a diminutive space no bigger than some people's home closet to one of the larger, production brewing facilities in the state of Alabama.

Sallie Wagner, former director of the Madison City Chamber of Commerce, and her co-workers have been fighting the city in court for the last five years over claims of illness related to toxic mold in the old Chamber offices.

Banta, Irvin IV and Rachel Capitano Banta of Huntsville named their daughter, born May 10 at Crestwood Medical Center, Elizabeth Kate Banta.