Madison County News

See art. See Santa. See Burritt. See Sci-Quest. Win $1,000. This holiday season, the Huntsville-Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau is working with four attractions on a promotion called Home for the Holidays in Huntsville 2009.

Madison County is the recipient of $475,000 in federal economic stimulus money to combat drug related crimes, it was announced Thursday.

City and county leaders are discussing some major plans for roads in the upcoming years.

Madison City School officials hope to get a state property tax referendum on the ballot next year to help repay the $36 million stimulus loan for the new high school, but it may be easier said than done.

Five minutes, maybe a little longer, was all it took for the deadliest tornado in Huntsville history to barrel through southeast Huntsville.

Local emergency responders believe they have solved a problem that caused the countywide tornado warning siren network to fail last spring.

Officials at the University of Alabama at Huntsville said late Friday afternoon that a juvenile was arrested on a first-degree rape charge after a dorm resident reported an alleged sexual assault Thursday night.

Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, and Congressman Artur Davis met up in the Rocket City Thursday.

If you've been wondering where Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks stands on health care reform, wonder no more.

More bread. More meat. More veggies. It's been a year, and we're hungry for more sandwiches.

Madison County deputies are looking for a man who broke into a home overnight Wednesday.

Fundraising for the Madison County Veterans Memorial got a huge boost Tuesday, with two separate big-check presentations.

Free H1N1 flu shot clinics are scheduled Thursday and Friday in Madison County. On Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 p.m. till 4 p.m., Madison County Health Department staff will administer the vaccine at Asbury United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on 980 Hughes Road in Madison.

The Metro Huntsville/Madison County Jail project is being closely watched by city accountants, and they say some bills charged to the city by the construction company are in question.

Last year, convicted sex offenders were required to turn out their lights Halloween night.

HEMSI responded to a call around 2:30 a.m. Thursday where a man was transported to Huntsville Hospital for burns following a fire in a shed.

A Madison County jury has found 17-year-old Michael Steger guilty of reckless murder in the 2007 shooting death of a 16-year-old girl.

Nearly 50 pounds of marijuana are off the streets after a major drug bust. The Limestone County Sheriff's office, along with agents from Lawrence County, Madison and Madison County seized the drugs.

Methamphetamine is not the only drug agents are battling. Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem.

The issue of traffic calming devices such as speed humps or speed tables on roads in unincorporated Madison County rises periodically.