Former police officer’s murder trial is rescheduled again
The trial of a former police officer in the killing of a Decatur man has been delayed again. Former Decatur police officer Mac Marquette is accused of shooting and killing Steve Perkins in September 2023. Perkins’ death set off a chain of events that included consistent protests, a federal lawsuit...
MidCity District Shares Vision For $300 Million+ Expansion In Huntsville.
RCP Companies has announced plans for the MidCity Arts + Innovation Subdistrict, a transformative 12-acre phase within MidCity District, one of the Southeast’s largest mall conversion projects and dynamic mixed-use developments. The expanded subdistrict spans three city blocks along Sanderson Road and anchored by The...
12.24.25 LEGAL NOTICE: ORDINANCE NO. 24-916
The public welfare requiring it, and under authority granted by Section 11-52-78 of the 1975 Code of Alabama, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Huntsville,Alabama, as follows:. 1. That the following area, land lying on the west of Bell Road and north of Bell Manor...
Huntsville Didn’t Need UAB to Win Eli Lilly—And That Should Terrify Birmingham
In 2020 I wrote Buffalo Hunting in Alabama, a novel about economic development. One of the plot lines involved Alabama competing against other states for a giant, blockbuster pharmaceutical plant. In my novel, the Birmingham metro won the project. Fiction has now become real life. Sort of. I got the...
Family of missing man says they are desperate for answers
A man whose family says he's been missing since June is desperate for answers on where he may be. Huntsville Police is investigating; however, his family says they're also taking matters into their own hands.
Tory Bruno resigns as ULA CEO after 12 years; John Elbon steps in as...
DECATUR, Ala. — Tory Bruno, the longtime CEO of United Launch Alliance who recently toured the company's rocket manufacturing facility in Decatur, has resigned after nearly 12 years leading the aerospace company. John Elbon will serve as interim CEO effective immediately, according to a joint statement Monday from...
Huntsville drivers need car repairs after gas station mixes diesel into premium gas
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Several drivers need car repairs after a Huntsville gas station contaminated premium gas with diesel. Many people told WAFF 48 their cars broke down on Saturday, shortly after they went to the Twice Daily gas station on Winchester Road. Chad Campbell says after he went to...
Huntsville announces Christmas office closure, garbage pickup delay
The City of Huntsville has announced municipal offices will be closed for Christmas later this week.
A grandmother’s comfort in the NICU: Meet volunteer cuddler ‘Ma Bell’
When Caroline and Matt Bell arrived at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children, they were not expecting to meet their son, Harrison, so soon. At just 34 weeks and three days, Caroline’s water broke unexpectedly. Within two hours, the family was in the operating room for an emergency C-section. Harrison arrived and...
New retail stores planned for Athens under major development plan
ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - New retail stores such as Hobby Lobby, and possible locations for Academy Sports + Outdoors, HomeGoods, Burlington, Books-A-Million, and PetSmart — are headed to Athens as part of a new retail development. The Athens City Council approved on Monday a new retail development plan on...
