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By Trisha Powell Crain Before proceeding with possibly renaming a school originally named for a Confederate general, Huntsville City Schools will ask the attorney general if they are running afoul of a state law banning renaming […]

Submitted by GHAC The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Greater Huntsville Area Chapter (GHAC), Incorporated at the 20th Biennial of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Incorporated, NCBW POWER UP! Excellence LEADS to […]

Specially submitted to Speakin’ Out News What was “Reclaiming the Bone” about? The once enslaved descendants of the Bone-Wilbourn Plantation, located in Madison County, Alabama, recently purchased the plantation’s slave cemetery. The Bone Family Descendants […]

By William Thornton A group pushing for criminal justice reform says Huntsville police “should be held accountable for its negligent behavior” in the case of Christina Nance, whose body was found in an unused police […]

Story and photos by Greg Miley, Speakin’ Out News staff writer and photographer Alabama A&M University (AAMU) held an unveiling ceremony for the William Hooper Councill Memorial and a wreath laying in Memorial of Dr. […]

By Paul Gattis The U.S. Space & Rocket Center celebrated Space Camp on Friday and cast a prosperous eye to the future. The museum in Huntsville formally broke ground on a Space Camp Operations facility that […]

NEWS RELEASE Huntsville, Ala. —- Alabama A&M University is planning a Retirement Celebration in honor of Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr., its 11th president, on Saturday, December 11, 2021, in the T.M. Elmore Building at 6 […]

By Paul Gattis While a formal announcement is expected later this week, Mazda Toyota has started production at its $2.3 billion plant in Huntsville in what is a momentous event for Alabama. Evidence has been building […]

By Alabama Daily News  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The state dropped its objection to ending a lawsuit over Madison County’s removal of a Confederate monument after officials clarified the source of the $25,000 that was […]

Former FBI Agent Named by Alabama A&M University Alabama A&M University has announced that a former FBI agent and work- place consultant will head the Department of Public Safety. Dana M. Gillis will serve as […]