City News

By Scott Turner  Green Mountain residents say recent development is changing the character of the mountain, close to a popular nature trail. They aren’t happy about that. They voiced their displeasure at the Sept. 26 Huntsville […]

By Paul Gattis The NAACP protested plans for a gun shop and Moms for Liberty, labeled an extremist group earlier this year by the Southern Poverty Law Center, to be among 70 business vendors at Saturday’s Madison Street […]

Daniel Owen, Director of Public Relations     HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Drake State is proud to announce its collaboration with Huntsville Utilities to introduce the Gas and Water Operation Certification Scholarship Program. This innovative four-week program aims […]

NEWS RELEASE Huntsville, AL – The Greater Huntsville Area Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) continues to make a profound impact on the lives of young girls, families, and the […]

By Sandra F. Beckard, Speakin’ Out News senior staff writer On Thursday, September 21, the city’s Department Heads presented the cost of what it would take to continue to run the city, including Capital Improvement […]

By Trisha Powell Crain  A recent survey of teachers nationwide found teachers feel underpaid, and, on average, want a $17,000 increase in pay. Well, pay for Alabama’s public school teachers and community college educators is going up on Oct. 1 by 2% […]

By Matt Wake  Reginald Corbitt has a big head. Literally. A size-eight cranium. If we’re talking small-medium-large increments, he’s a double extra-large. Growing up in Huntsville, it was a struggle for Corbitt to find many hats […]

By Paul Gattis For 20 years, Mike Ball served in the Alabama Legislature as a Republican. “It’s because, quite frankly, I joined the party of Reagan and I left the party of Trump,” said Ball, who […]

By Rebecca Griesbach Two federal agencies are calling on Gov. Kay Ivey to address a “severe financial gap” between the state’s historically Black and predominantly white land grant universities. In the past 30 years alone, the […]

By Paul Gattis The Huntsville city council on Thursday, after an hour of discussion, tabled a proposal that would outlaw a driver handling a cell phone. The proposal came from Councilman David Little and would make […]