Huntsville AL

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Raytheon Co. has been awarded a substantial $77.2 million Department of Defense contract that will bring significant work to Huntsville over the next six years. The requirements contract focuses on the production and sustainment of Miniaturized Airborne Global Positioning System Receivers (MAGR),...

Sunshine and hot temperatures in the low to mid-90s will continue through the rest of the weekend and into the start of the workweek, but rain chances will increase by Wednesday. Today and tomorrow feature nearly identical forecasts, with high temperatures reaching the mid-90s and heat index values nearing the...

Several agencies responded to a house fire Friday night.

Wyatt Braxton Young, 25, of Falkville, Alabama, was arrested and charged with capital murder of a Hartselle woman after a fatal shooting Friday morning. He is currently being held in the Morgan County Jail without bond. Police say this was an isolated incident and there is no continuing threat to the public.

A Vestavia Hills student earned top honors at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Space Academy for Leading Students in Alabama, a week-long camp in Huntsville for exceptional middle schoolers. Alexander Paul “Xander” Duckworth, a scholarship recipient through Neighbor Foundations, was presented the camp’s highest...

The Limestone County Sheriff's Office said it arrested a man Thursday on a rape charge.

Downtown Rescue Mission's Owens House is constructing new women's emergency dorms.

The Northern Bypass project on Memorial Parkway at Bob Wade Lane is making progress, but not without a big inconvenience for many Huntsville drivers. Crews battled a fire Wednesday at the First United Pentecostal Church on N. Columbia Avenue. Truck crashes into Fayetteville home. Updated: 11 hours ago. The viewer...

Students from across the globe will compete in the Rocket City next week as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) hosts its Sapience Search and Rescue Drone Competition. Undergraduate and graduate students from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Austria will compete by demonstrating...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A road construction project is making progress, but not without a big inconvenience for many Huntsville drivers. The Northern Bypass project on Memorial Parkway at Bob Wade Lane is in its first phase, which included putting in a new traffic light on Wednesday and forcing drivers to merge...