Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced Boeing plans to add approximately 400 new jobs to the Huntsville area. “Since Boeing first came to Alabama in 1962 joining our efforts to put man on the moon, our partnership has been a strong one and it continues to grow,” Governor Bentley said. “A University of Alabama study found that Boeing’s presence in…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say a Huntsville man suspected of drunken driving has been charged with murder after he was involved in a crash that killed two young Bibb County sisters. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman Senior Trooper Reginal King tells news outlets that 11-year-old Niomi D. James and 13-year-old Jayla L. Parler of Brent were killed early Monday…
Authorities say a school in north Alabama has been locked down after a fight at a preschool graduation ceremony. Huntsville City Schools spokesman Keith Ward says adults got into a personal dispute at the end of the ceremony Friday at James Dawson Elementary. Police and security were called and the individuals involved in the fight were asked to leave the…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – New Census data shows that Huntsville could be on track to become the state’s largest city by around 2030. The data shows that more than 10,000 residents have been added to Huntsville since 2010. At that rate, Huntsville would pass Birmingham as the state’s largest city within 15 years. The data also shows that among the…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama collector who bought a Confederate soldier’s jacket is fighting to keep it after leaders of a New Orleans museum said the piece was stolen in the 1980s. Joe Fitzgerald of Huntsville said in a complaint filed in Madison County Circuit Court that he bought Confederate Army Capt. William Lyman’s jacket at a 2009 military…
NASA has named a new director to lead the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. NASA officials say Todd May will take over for retiring director Patrick Scheuermann. May has been acting director since November. He previously worked as the space center’s deputy director and had managed the Space Launch System Program since its inception in 2011. Officials say May…
The federal judge in the trial of an Alabama police officer who was acquitted of using excessive force on an Indian man says the court is probing whether the police chief and a captain violated an order against contacting witnesses. Judge Madeline Haikala said in an opinion Friday that several Madison police officers who testified for officer said Police Chief…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – NASA has named a new director to lead the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. NASA officials said in a statement Monday that Todd May has been named to the post after the retirement of former director Patrick Scheuermann. May, of Fairhope, had been serving as acting director since November. May previously worked as the space…
