Two things became clear as the hour grew late on municipal election day Tuesday – Ranae Bartlett was going to be Madison’s next mayor, and the current city council president pro tempore would soon visit the sandman. “Right now, I need some sleep.’’ she said between receiving congratulations from supporters at her campaign watch party […]
Huntsville’s planning department continues to take input from the public regarding its project to expand roads and integrate modes of travel along a busy artery that cuts through the heart of the city. Last week, sessions were held Monday – Thursday to receive feedback about the University Drive Transit Oriented Development Planning Study. Members of […]
What was once an empty school campus with an unknown future, surrounded by a chain link fence topped with barbed wire, has come a long way in the past decade. “It looked like a prison,” Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle said Friday, as Campus No. 805 — which now occupies the property — celebrated its 10th […]
A witness summed up a recent demonstration of locally manufactured drones designed as battlefield weapons and for surveillance. “That is truly terrifying,’’ he whispered. With three hovering drones providing a menacing presence in the sky, the controller moved one forward to drop a mock explosive payload onto a ground target. A second drone was then […]
Another facility is being repurposed near downtown Huntsville, and while it’s not as old as the 165-year-old Huntsville Depot that is awaiting a facelift, the newest reclamation project holds its own firm place in city history. Goldsmith-Schiffman Field, which opened in 1934 to host football games, is getting a makeover, not as an athletic venue, […]
The Huntsville City Council continued to gobble up land at its regular meeting Thursday, approving an annexation request north of Bob Wade Lane. The 572.48 acres are bisected by Mt. Lebanon Road. The annexation was requested by the Sam and Rosa Harris Family Farm LLC and, according to city administrators, could help support and foster […]
Maybe the Latin-speaking citizens of the Roman Empire were on to something in the way of numerology when they coined the phrase “Omne trium perfectum.’’ Translated that means “everything that comes in threes is perfect,’’ a concept rooted in history and culture and appearing in various forms across different contexts, from ancient philosophy to modern-day […]
They threw a three-part party near the end of the second day of the Space & Missile Defense Symposium on Wednesday at the Von Braun Center. First up was a combined Salute to the Warfighter and Oath of Enlisted Ceremony, complete with a champagne toast shared by the families of new enlistees and Army, Air […]
Long before Toyota and Mazda established manufacturing plants in Huntsville, the state’s first automaker was producing cars at Redstone Arsenal. The Keller Motors Corporation (1947-1950), named after its president and former Studebaker executive George Keller, had designs on capturing an expanding market for station wagons as people began moving to the suburbs post-World War II […]
Chief Kirk Giles and Sgt. Christopher Jackson of the Huntsville Police Department, along with City Councilman David Little, offered some figures and insights during a press conference at City Hall to highlight the first year of the city’s hands-free driving ordinance. The law took effect July 1, 2024, and through July 1 of this year […]
