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  • Video: Thursday afternoon traffic summary 7 Aug 2008 | 6:33 pm

    3 minor accidents and heavy traffic slowing down the drive home

  • Second twin injured in New Jersey attack showing 'signs of improvement' 7 Aug 2008 | 3:03 pm

    ContributedKimberly and Courtney McCarten in an undated school photo. Kimberly (left) died early today. A 12-year-old girl attacked in New Jersey early Tuesday has shown signs of improvement but remains in critical condition, family friends said today. Courtney McCarten opened...

  • THOR Center gets NOAA grant 7 Aug 2008 | 2:48 pm

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded $749,999 to the Tornado and Hurricane Observations and Research (THOR) Center in Huntsville, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Mobile, announced today. Shelby is a ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science.

  • Forecasters increase Atlantic hurricane outlook 7 Aug 2008 | 2:38 pm

    MIAMI -- Federal forecasters say there is an even higher chance that this Atlantic hurricane season will be busier than normal.

  • Storm causes five small power outages across Huntsville 7 Aug 2008 | 1:19 pm

    Huntsville Utilities is working on five scattered power outages caused by thunderstorms that passed through Madison County at about 11:30 a.m. Each outage affects only a few streets each, said utility spokesman Bill Yell. There have also been reports of...

  • Tree falls on power lines, blocking McVay Street 7 Aug 2008 | 12:56 pm

    A tree has fallen on power lines on McVay Street off of Drake Avenue in west Huntsville, forcing police to block off part of the road. Huntsville Utilities crews are on the way to remove the tree and fix the...

  • Weather creating problems for motorists 7 Aug 2008 | 12:56 pm

    Emergency personnel are responding to a report of an overturned jeep on Highway 72 at Chapman Mountain. The first responders arriving at the scene are reporting no injuries and no entrapment but there is some road blockage. Utility crews are...

  • Video: Strong storms move across Madison County 7 Aug 2008 | 12:54 pm

    Heavy thunderstorm moving toward the intgersection of Moore's Mill and Steger Road.

  • Schmitz defense: Prosecutors bullied, mocked witnesses to get indictment 7 Aug 2008 | 12:51 pm

    DECATUR - Lawyers defending state Rep. Sue Schmitz in her fraud trial in connection with the two-year college scandal asked a federal judge this morning to let them review grand jury transcripts in order to prove the prosecutors bullied and...

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Madison Co. 7 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 1128 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE...

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