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The Jackson County legislative delegation of Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Scottsboro; Rep. Butch Taylor, D-New Hope; and Rep. John Robinson, D-Scottsboro presented Jackson County officials with a $1 million check today in front of the courthouse in Scottsboro. Full story »

Huntsville International Airport officials are asking businesses to commit 10 percent of their expected annual travel savings from AirTran's presence in the market to help the low-fare carrier stay in Huntsville. Full story »

HAZEL GREEN -- Wayne Perkins, a funeral director and embalmer for Berryhill Funeral Home, moved to Hazel Green five years ago from the Washington D. C. area. Guy Baker, a native of Madison County, is a retired truck driver who is legally blind from glaucoma. This unlikely pair shares a common bond -- a dog -- a very special dog.  Full story »

Sivley Road: A 74-year-old woman reported the theft of her purse, an undisclosed amount of cash, $9,000 worth of jewelry and other personal property between 4 p.m. Feb. 14 and 9:27 a.m. March 3. The theft was not reported to police until Thursday.  Full story »

A 30-year-old woman was injured in a four wheeler accident in Limestone County Friday evening.  Full story »

Gov. Bob Riley has selected Alison Strickland Austin, a veteran prosecutor who grew up here, to become a Madison County district judge, filling a vacancy created last month. Full story »

The northbound lane of Interstate 65 won't soon be reopened. Full story »

Madison County drug agents discovered the pills -- more than 20,000 of them -- and the cash in a storage facility during one of the county's largest investigations into illegal prescription medication sales. Full story »

Police Commissioner Ron Ogletree said today that Jody Daniel Phillips, 34, of Fort Payne was charged with first-degree manufacturing a controlled substance after a high-speed chase Thursday from Fort Payne to the top of Sand Mountain near Sylvania. Full story »

The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Northwest Community Learning Center, 3404A Blue Springs Road in Huntsville. The event will include entertainment and education about the census.  Full story »

"Inherit the Wind" is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial."  Full story »

Three women are bound to the mountains of Appalachia and the region's traditions, music, superstitions, ghosts, history and faith. Full story »

As a student attending Discovery Middle School, James Fowler became interested in student government. His interest in student government continued in high school, where he was elected SGA president at Bob Jones High School. On March 9, Fowler was elected SGA president at the University of Alabama. Full story »

Pike, who turns 80 in October, started Huntsville's first volleyball league for women, directed the popular men's basketball league for 25 years and served on the state physical fitness board. Full story »

Buckhorn High's Theresa Durboraw and Julian Newman Elementary's Donna McDaniel are up for the award Full story »