City News

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison County Commissioner Violet Edwards presented a $10,000 check to Drake State Community & Technical College today for campus improvements. The funds come from Madison County’s General Fund and will be used to […]

By Michelle Matthews It’s not easy for Tinesha Ross to return to her native Fairfield, Alabama. Sure, her family and friends are there, and she has strong ties to the hometown that helped nurture her career […]

By Paul Gattis The city limits of Huntsville has jumped Interstate 65 for the first time. The western boundary of the city pushed across the federal highway Thursday night after the city council unanimously approved the […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE and photo credits by Shelly Williams, Speakin’ Out News photographer On June 21, at 10:30 a.m., Oakwood University and Huntsville Hospital will cut the ribbon for the opening of the Oakwood University Community […]

Dr. E.E. Rogers of Toney, Alabama turns 105 on June 17, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Toney, June 14, 2021:Local Alabama retired college professor and minister Dr. Ernest Eugene Rogers (Dr. E.E. Rogers) turns 105 years old […]

By Paul Gattis, al.com The city of Huntsville is moving closer to making police body camera video footage more accessible to the public even as it tabled a resolution with that objective at Thursday’s meeting. […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Oakwood University Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the closure of an extremely difficult and sensitive matter related to the governance of Oakwood University. On June 2, 2021, Federal District Judge […]

By The Associated Press Alabama could soon have a new most populous city. In fact, it might have already happened. New population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Huntsville was just smaller than Birmingham […]