Police are on the hunt for two women who stole merchandise from the JCPenney store at Madison Square Mall Sunday afternoon.Police said the loss prevention officer for the store tried to stop a woman observed stealing, and she and another woman attacked the officer.Both women ran from the store and took off in a blue sedan. If you have any information about the crime, call Huntsville Police...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- An Alabama senator is hoping to reverse a new rule requiring hunters to report their kills to state officials. Senator Paul Sanford said the new rule, called "Game Check," is unnecessary. The rule states that deer and turkey hunters have to report their kills within 24 hours. If they don't, they could face a fine of up to $500. State conservationists said the rule is...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A special election set for next month will cost Madison County taxpayers about $300,000. Voters will go to the polls Sept. 10 to decide if the Madison County tax collector and tax assessor offices should be consolidated into the office of the county revenue commissioner. County Commissioner Phil Vandiver said the special election is being held now instead of during a...
ALABAMA (WAFF)- Alabama Senator Paul Sanford of Huntsville said the state's hunters are being forced into an illegal game for the chance to hunt alligators. In June, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) let hunters apply for a total of 275 alligator hunting tags statewide. A random drawing to determine who got one was held in July. Applying for a...
NORTH ALABAMA (WAFF)- If you or someone you know is a senior citizen, authorities have a scam to warn you about. The Better Business Bureau is alerting seniors about phone calls claiming to be from Medicare. The caller tells the person they're eligible to receive a Medicare or other supplemental medical coverage card, or supplies, like diabetic meters or motorized scooters. "In this case,...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A fire early Tuesday morning damaged a Huntsville fast food restaurant. Around 2 a.m., a HEMSI supervisor reported that the Checkers on University Drive and Jordan Lane was on fire. The supervisor saw flames coming from the top of the restaurant. Huntsville firefighters responded with three engine trucks and a ladder truck, and they had the fire out within minutes. A...
Huntsville police responded to a burglary at an auto shop early Monday morning.The owner of O.K. Tires on West Clinton Avenue told police that sometime overnight, property was stolen from inside the business. This happened around 3:30 a.m.No arrests have been made at this time.Copyright 2013 WAFF. All rights reserved.
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- It's always a little difficult to tell who you need to turn to when city and county boundaries are involved. That's sort of the case this week with the railroad crossing on Slaughter Road. It's the one just south of Madison Academy. The man who wrote us said crews fixed the crossing, but now they made it worse. He said he's contacted Madison City and...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Huntsville City Schools changed course. The district is no longer considering a plan that would allow teachers in failing schools bonuses in exchange for their tenure status. The district made the decision to scrap the plan after meeting with AEA officials late Tuesday afternoon. Alabama Education Association's Rex Cheatham applauded the district's decision shortly...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A dangerous way for kids to get drunk is making a big splash on the Internet. It's called smoking alcohol. You don't to drink the alcohol, you inhale it. Those vapors give you an instant high. The videos of 'smoking alcohol' on YouTube have thousands of views. They show young people doing the latest trend for a quick buzz. "You shake your head and you...
A former Huntsville Police officer convicted of manslaughter will serve his entire sentence in prison.Scott Sanders is currently in the Limestonne Correctional Facility. He will stay in prison through April 2015. Sanders killed his girlfriend, Brandy Braselton, in 1995.Tuesday, the parole board denied his request for early release.Copyright 2013 WAFF. All rights reserved.
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- The Madison County Commission is ignoring complaints from an Atheist group and sticking with prayer at its meetings. The commission held a prayer before the start of Wednesday's meeting despite two different letters from the Wisconsin atheist group Freedom from Religion Foundation. The FFRF called on Commission Chairman Dale Strong to stop the prayers. Strong's...
The father of the Discovery School shooter will go to trial in October for a hindering prosecution charge.Prosecutors said Iqbal Memon tried to help get his son Hammad out of the country before his murder trial. Iqbal’s wife Safia pleaded guilty to attempted hindering prosecution in this case.Iqbal Memon will go to trial October 28. He also faces an unrelated theft charge in Montgomery County....
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Hundreds of people every month in Huntsville are not paying their utility bill. Those unpaid bills could mean higher rates for the people who do pay on time. In July, Huntsville Utilities said there was a total of $28,196.33 in uncollected invoices. Government Relations Manager Joe Gehrdes said that is about average for each month of the year. That equates to about $...
Huntsville is preparing to commemorate an important civil rights anniversary. It has been 50 years since the integration of public schools in Alabama.Four black students entered Huntsville schools on September 9, 1963.Calhoun Community College’s Center for the Study of Southern Political Culture is arranging a ceremony and building a display to mark the occasion.The center is located at Calhoun’s...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Gas prices are heading higher. GasBuddy.com reports the average gallon of unleaded gasoline in Huntsville, is $3.34. That's up six cents from last week. And experts warn prices could go higher because of the turmoil in Syria. "The number one concern is the free flow of oil out of [the Middle East] region of the world," said Athens State University...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Madison County leaders are working to come up with strict new rules to prohibit tobacco use on county properties. County Commission Chairman Dale Strong has called for the development of a new policy, which he called long overdue. "If you come to the courthouse to get into this facility, you have to walk through a smoking court to come in to pay your taxes, to get...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- New federal guidelines for healthier school lunches took effect about a year ago, and already some schools around the country are dropping out of the program. School districts that chose to drop out said it's because their cafeterias are losing money to kids who decide to skip the lunch line. Other districts like Huntsville and Madison said they can't afford to quit...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Dr. Emmanuel Saunders remembers exactly where he was on August 28, 1963. "I couldn't miss the opportunity to hear in person and of course there were thousands and thousands of people," he said. In 1963, Saunders was a college student at Howard University. He said the anticipation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit had been building up for weeks. As he...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A person's credit card made a shopping trip to a Huntsville Home Depot. The problem is, the card was in somebody else's hands. But we have a look at those hands. Home Depot's slogan is "More Saving. More Doing," but what the woman with her back to the surveillance camera is doing isn't saving a certain credit card holder. It's costing them. Police said...