The Huntsville Police Department announced today it will join other police departments throughout the country in support of the 2013 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over crackdown on impaired driving. The campaign is organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and regionally administered by the North Alabama Traffic Safety Office (NATSO). This year’s campaign began August...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Cedrick Lamond Hicks, also known as the Ball Cap Bandit, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on nine more counts for bank robberies. He was indicted for 11 robberies or attempted robberies at banks across north central and north western Alabama. He's charged with nine counts of bank robbery and two counts of attempted bank robbery. In all, the banks were...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- An Alabama Death Row inmate wants a new trial. Nick Acklin was one of three people convicted in the 1996 mass fatal shooting at a house on University Drive in Huntsville. Prosecutors said four people were shot execution style over a cell phone. On Thursday, Acklin's attorney argued his client was taking the drug Xanax during his trial and the jury was never notified....
Police say business owners in Hartselle are getting calls from scammers claiming their utility bills are overdue.Hartselle Police said the caller tries to collect overdue payments over the phone. Hartselle Utilities said their workers are not making those calls.If you have a question about your bill, call Hartselle Utilities directly.Joe Wheeler EMC is also reporting that scammers are calling...
Madison County’s school superintendent is preparing to meet the people he serves.David Copeland will hold a series of community engagement meetings. He will visit five high schools this fall. The goal is to tell parents about the school system’s goals and finances while also hearing their input.The first meeting is planned for Hazel Green High School on September 23. The meeting at Madison County...
OWENS CROSS ROADS, AL (WAFF)- The offer from one valley company is "invest with us and you can make anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 a year." Cypress Creek Organic Farms claims you can make that by farming organic tomatoes. However, the Better Business Bureau says "prove it". The BBB's website placed an alert on the company, calling on Cypress Creek Organic Farms to show proof of how farmers...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- The Huntsville School Board plans to file for a waiver asking the state to provide funding on a per-student basis. The school board held a special meeting Thursday evening to discuss the per-pupil funding waiver and to get public input. The Alabama Accountability Act allows the district to file for the waiver. Superintendent Dr. Casey Wardynski said it's important to...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Huntsville Police said an officer is okay after a man bit him. Investigators said the officer went to a home at Foster Avenue and Patton Road Thursday night for a domestic dispute call and found a man standing in the driveway holding a knife. Authorities said the officer ordered the man to put it down, which he did. But when the officer tried to arrest him, the man bit...
MADISON COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- The Captain D's on Airport Road in Huntsville scored an 82 with the Madison County Health Department. The inspector reported a cold-holding violation, with raw salmon, raw chicken, and coleslaw all held between twelve to seventeen degrees above the maximum temperature required to prevent bacterial growth in cold-holding foods. Captain D's was also docked...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Authorities arrested a suspect in connection with a 2012 fatal hit and run involving a pedestrian. Brad LeLand Hill was struck by a vehicle on Highway 20 near Slaughter Road on July 12, 2012. Hill later died from his injuries. After several months of investigation, authorities located the suspect at a restaurant in Talladega County. Trinidad Alonso, 27 of Madison, was...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Children across North Alabama are already coming down with the flu. Doctors at Pediatric Associates in Huntsville said they are seeing flu cases among children in Madison. They remind parents that it's never too soon to give your child a flu vaccine. In fact, they've already given 2,000 flu shots this season and counting. This year, they're giving the new "...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- ALDOT has approved two important road projects directly impacting the cities of Huntsville and Madison. Both cities begged the state for more than a decade to approve contracts for the I-565/County Line Road interchange and Old Madison Pike/Indian Creek Bridge expansion. Madison Mayor Troy Trulock expects both projects to start by the end of the year. Truclock said the...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A new proposal could have food trucks lining the streets of downtown Huntsville seven days a week. It would also allow vendors to set up shop at John Hunt Park and the Jetplex. Currently, food trucks are only allowed to park on Clinton Avenue in downtown Huntsville for limited hours on Thursdays and Fridays during the new Entertainment District hours. The trucks are also...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- College football season is officially underway. Already, fans and sports analysts are making their picks for who will play for the national championship. This is the final year for the Bowl championship series before a new playoff system takes over. A Huntsville man helps determine the BCS rankings. His program, called the Colley Matrix, is one of six used by the Bowl...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- One Tennessee Valley expert said America's options in Syria look can go from bad to worse. Kathy Hawk, director of the UAH Global Understanding Initiative, warned that there will be consequences for whatever the United States does or doesn't do in response. Dr. Hawk said this violence threatens the stability of the Middle East, threatens the oil markets, threatens...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A man's car was hit by a bullet in Huntsville Friday afternoon. Huntsville police responded to reports of a shooting at Mason Court around 5:45 p.m. The victim told police that while he was driving in the area, his car was hit by a bullet. He wasn't injured. There had been a report of a shooting in the area at the time, but all parties had left before officers...
A man was robbed in Hillsboro Saturday morning.Huntsville police responded to a robbery on the 15000 block of Highway 20 around 7:40 a.m. The victim told police that two unknown offenders robbed him while he was waiting in a parking lot.No arrests have been made at this time. This case remains under investigation.Copyright 2013 WAFF. All rights reserved.
Huntsville City Schools' records department is leaving its longtime home at the Bob Wallace Annex building.Starting Tuesday, September 3, the department will begin operating out of its new facility at the Huntsville Center for Technology at 2800 Drake Avenue. The new office has a specially-marked entrance to the facility, and will be open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.For more information,...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A driver for a Domino's Pizza was robbed while loading his car Saturday afternoon. Huntsville Police responded to the location on the 4500 block of University Drive just before 1:30 p.m. A delivery driver told officers he was loading pizza into his car when he was approached by a man who pulled out a gun and demanded his money. The man collected an unknown amount of...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A woman has been placed in jail on a murder charge. Caren Gayle Rush was booked into the Metro Jail at 1:54 a.m. Saturday. Her bond is set at $120,000. She was arrested by Madison County Sheriff's deputies. Calls to the Sheriff's Office for more information on the circumstances leading to Rush's arrest have not been returned. Copyright 2013 WAFF. All rights...