New Market News

After years of drought, Alabama cotton farmers were hoping the 2009 crop would get them back on track.. but instead, they've had an ironic problem : too much rain! The summer weather, compared with a recent frost, has many Alabama cotton farmers reporting a 30-40% loss.

The deadline passed Monday to apply for the principal's vacancy at Fort Payne High School, and now the interview process will begin.

Literacy instruction "pops up on every corridor" at Buckhorn High School in New Market, Ala., writes my colleague Catherine Gewertz in an article published at edweek.org this week.

A cemetery is a place where the dead are supposed to rest in peace. One family in Madison County says that's not the case for their loved one.They're dealing with acts of grave vandalism and they want it to stop.

With about a week remaining in accepting applications for the new principal at Fort Payne High School, the list has grown to 25 people interested in the job.

Two people are wanted by police in connection with meth lab found at a local motel in Scottsboro last week.

The Madison County Health Department has run out of seasonal flu vaccine and is discontinuing its free regular flu shot clinics at the New Hope Children's Clinic until further notice, county officials said this morning.

A 23-year-old New Market man is fighting for life after his car went out of control about 2:53 p.m. Tuesday on Ryland Pike.

The search continues for the person who killed a Madison County man right in front of his home.

A 19-year-old New Market woman died in a one car wreck Thursday night on Joe Quick Road, according to State Troopers.

Times Food Editor ronda.miskelley@htimes.com Organizers, vendors closing out first year with special offerings Derrick Greer of Eagle Rock Honey Company in Arab has a problem most small business owners would welcome: He can hardly keep up with the demand for his all-natural honey and honey products.

The Madison County Commission is holding free regular flu shot clinics Wednesday and next Tuesday for any Madison County citizen 6 months of age or older.

A Madison County high school is offering students a comprehensive study of the Sept.

There at least three poles that need to be replaced, also a number of locations where trees are down on power lines.

Strong storms moved across Madison county shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday downing trees and power lines and shorting out electrical transformers.

The largest outages are in western Madison County in the Harvest area, north west Huntsville in the Oakwood/Pulaski Pike area and in the Dug Hill Road area.

Three people have been injured in a one-vehicle wreck on Winchester Road north of New Market, including a 5-year-old boy, according to emergency workers.

Law enforcement in several counties are trying to clear several wrecks in the Tennessee Valley.

Law enforcement officers called in a helicopter Monday to search for two armed men sought overnight in south-central Tennessee after the abduction of two men at a convenience store in north Alabama.

A New Market man remained in the Jackson County Jail Friday afternoon after allegedly stealing a truck the night before.