• 2 more kudos for city's outlook
Publications expect 'boomtown' here, job growth in future

• A&M will eliminate 45 positions
School eyes other cost-saving moves as funding shrinks

• Board OKs $35.3M pact for new Lee High School
The Huntsville school board on Thursday approved a $35.3 million contract to build the new Lee High School.

• Community helps bring family's dream to life
After being diagnosed with stage four cancer in August 2008, Athens mom LeAnna Bennett was immediately surrounded by friends, church members and co-workers who wanted to help.

• 'Death of a Salesman' to be staged
RAINSVILLE - Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Death of a Salesman," will be performed at Northeast Alabama Community College today at 7 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m.

• Driver hits 10 children, adult near a Fairfield middle school
Woman tried to avoid kids playing

• Fabius residents oppose mine, cite narrow road
SCOTTSBORO - Some residents in the Sand Mountain community of Fabius near Stevenson are opposing a proposed coal mine, saying it would endanger motorists traveling on narrow, two-lane Jackson County Road 81.

• Homeless to get holiday meal today
More than 200 homeless men and women will get an early Thanksgiving feast today.

• 'Invest back' by shopping here
Local attractions' $1,000 drawing promotes tourism

• Local doctors to rally against new health bill
Group in favor of reform proposal will counterprotest

• Ruling involving $600,000 loan overturned
State high court says papers lacked authentication

• Utility OKs Madison well
Reversal shows 2 cities' 'spirit of cooperation,' landowner says

• Bus crash report released
NTSB finds teen driver lost control while trying to pass

• City looks at buyout possibility
Employee interest, savings must be gauged, mayor says

• Corrections
Corrections

• County gets $475K to fight drugs
MONTGOMERY - Madison County is the recipient of $475,000 in federal economic stimulus money to combat drug-related crimes, it was announced Thursday.

• Did complaint get him demoted?
Sergeant says someone called Army after school meeting on uniforms

• Fellowship is best part of meal for these diners
A week before Thanksgiving, and the turkey and dressing are already being served at the Historic Huntsville Depot Roundhouse.

• Heading to VBC? Be ready to dodge construction work
If you're heading to the Von Braun Center this weekend to see Broadway Theatre League's opening show, "Mamma Mia!," be ready to dance around some construction.

• Jackson may add to court security
Officials consider putting two more officers on staff

• Jefferson County judge will hear no-bid contract lawsuit
MONTGOMERY - Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb on Thursday appointed a Jefferson County judge to hear a lawsuit filed by a legislative committee trying to block a $13 million no-bid computer contract.

• Kids all smiles when riding new tricycles
Companies help pay for specialized rides for those with special needs

• Madison panel urges city to let MEDS buy Paradise
Paradise Apartments in Madison could have a new owner by Monday night.

• 'Open dialogue' airs Madison views on tax issue for school
MADISON - Kristin Mitchell knows what overcrowding can do to a school system.

• Soldiers' letters home hold heart, soul - then and now
Merrimack Hall this weekend presents "Letters Home," a drama about soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan told through their letters home. The Times asked Soldier's Diary columnist Maj. Ken Arnold, recently returned from Afghanistan, to write about how soldier's correspondence home has changed over the years.

• Visit 4 local attractions for chance to win $1,000
Check out Santa's Village, Sci-Quest, Burritt, art museum