News & Updates
Celebrate Earth Day at Hays Nature Preserve, Saturday, April 22
April 14, 2023
Celebrate Earth Day with free, family-friendly fun at Hays Nature Preserve on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The City of Huntsville’s Green Team is preparing an exciting day packed with nature-based entertainment and activities for the whole family. Attendees will enjoy earth-friendly exhibitors with informative and interactive educational displays, vegetable plant giveaways, face painting, live music from Alli and Christy, free hot dogs and cotton candy. Children [ more ]
Read MoreMayor Battle names Shaundrika Edwards as Huntsville City Clerk
April 13, 2023
Mayor Tommy Battle announced the appointment of Shaundrika Edwards as Huntsville’s new City Clerk. City Council unanimously approved Edwards’ selection at its regular meeting April 13. As City Clerk, Edwards will manage the highest level of municipal affairs and serve as the municipality’s official record keeper and election manager. The Clerk’s office is responsible for records maintenance on rules, ordinances, policy resolutions, agendas and minutes for Council and other meetings. This [ more ]
Read MoreVision Zero: Public input sessions to address how to eliminate roadway deaths
April 13, 2023
Huntsville citizens will soon have a voice in the future of transportation safety as part of a broad effort to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries. Huntsville’s steady population growth means there are now more people than ever driving, taking public transportation, biking, walking, and using a wheelchair or other forms of mobility. That’s why the City’s Department of Urban & Long-Range Planning is developing Vision Zero Huntsville – a [ more ]
Read MoreThe Bias Inside Us exhibit to land at Downtown Huntsville Public Library
April 13, 2023
Great news for Huntsville citizens and visitors! Starting Saturday, April 22, the traveling Smithsonian exhibit, “The Bias Inside Us,” will debut at the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library’s (HMCPL) downtown branch. In addition to a centralized location at 915 Monroe St., the Downtown Huntsville Public Library is open seven days a week, with broad accessibility, meeting space and more. “We are beyond thrilled to be the first city in Alabama to host this exhibit, [ more ]
Read MoreSpecial Victims Unit arrest
April 12, 2023
The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) has arrested a Huntsville man after a lengthy child pornography investigation. In December 2022, Special Victims Unit Investigators served a search warrant on a residence on Saint Charles Road Southeast. Stuart Edwin Smith, 65, is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography. On Tuesday, April 11, Smith was taken into custody in Birmingham by the US Marshals. Smith was brought back to Huntsville and booked [ more ]
Read MoreMajor Crimes Unit arrest
April 12, 2023
The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) has charged Jason Everett Moore, 47, with murder following a shooting on Tuesday, April 11. HPD officers responded to a shooting call in the 4800 block of Blue Haven Drive shortly before 4:30 p.m. and located 40-year-old Damian Kenneth Collins Sr. with gunshot wounds. Collins was pronounced dead at the scene. Major Crimes Unit Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a verbal altercation between the two [ more ]
Read MoreGreen Team to host annual Spring Plant & Cleanup Supply Giveaway, April 14
April 11, 2023
Huntsville’s Green Team is celebrating Earth Month with a host of community cleanup events across the City. To help facilitate these efforts, Green Team is sponsoring a Spring Plant and Cleanup Supply Giveaway on Friday, April 14, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Jaycee Building in John Hunt Park. The public is invited to drive through and pick up a FREE tomato and cucumber plant along with a [ more ]
Read MoreGet on the Bus: Huntsville Transit providing free rides to college students, staff next week
April 11, 2023
College students and staff members who are passionate about the environment can give the planet a lift next week while getting a lift from Huntsville Transit. From April 17-22, anyone presenting a valid college ID can board a Huntsville Orbit bus for free. The offer applies to students, staff and faculty at all Huntsville-area colleges and universities. The promotion is Huntsville Transit’s way of celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 22. Huntsville’s [ more ]
Read MoreIt’s not worth it: Huntsville Police urge caution during National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
April 10, 2023
Distracted driving isn’t just a hazard to the person behind the wheel – it’s also a danger to other drivers and pedestrians. Nine people per day are killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). You can help change that. April is recognized as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the City of Huntsville and Huntsville Police Department (HPD) want to encourage residents [ more ]
Read MoreMayor Battle welcomes Conference USA Championships to Huntsville
April 6, 2023
The 2024 and 2025 Conference USA men’s and women’s basketball championships will be hosted at the Von Braun Center’s Propst Arena in partnership with the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), Huntsville Sports Commission and Knight Eady. Local leaders and representatives from Conference USA announced the 2024 and 2025 Conference USA Basketball Championships will be hosted at Propst Arena in Huntsville. From left are Mark Russell, Executive Director of the [ more ]
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