City News

By Lee Roop The “largest commercial launch deal ever” is bringing 250 new rocket plant jobs and three new facilities to Decatur. Decatur’s Industrial Development Board met Thursday to approve slightly under $883,000 in tax abatements […]

By Lee Roop  The Huntsville City Council voted Thursday – against advice from the mayor and city finance director – and spent nearly $1 million to give retired city employees a onetime bonus. The bonus was […]

Story and photos submitted by Greg Miley, SON staff writer The North Alabama Center for Educational Excellence (NACEE) held its 16th Annual Scholarship and Community Service Awards Luncheon on Friday, August 5, 2022, at the […]

By Scott Turner  Madison County will build a new courthouse, Commission Chairman Dale Strong said at his State of the County Address at the Von Braun Center on Tuesday. Strong said the Commission will go through […]

By Scott Turner Fairway Investments and Triad Properties have purchased land to build a two million-square foot industrial park off Greenbriar Parkway in the fast growing Limestone County part of Huntsville. According to a news release, […]

Alena Wicker is college junior at Arizona State University and Oakwood University in Huntsville. By Howard Koplowitz  Alena Annaleigh Wicker, a 13-year-old college junior, didn’t let naysayers get in the way of her dreams, which culminated […]

By Ashley Remkus  The city of Huntsville won’t reveal how much public money it is spending on outside lawyers, arguing that information is confidential under attorney-client privilege. AL.com requested that the city release records of expenditures related […]

By Lee Roop  Faster, bigger, denser, more profitable. That was the message as the Huntsville City Council was updated Thursday on plans to turn one of downtown’s last big open spaces into retail, residential and office […]

By Scott Turner (SOURCE: THE LEDE) A developer’s effort to bring affordable housing to an area in north Huntsville hit a snag at the Huntsville Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday. By a 5-4 vote, the Commission […]