Mark McCarter

City – County collaboration pays dividends despite confusing geography

You know Venn diagrams. The tidy little graphics where circles intersect, where shared territory is noted and where they stand...

John Stallworth Foundation changes student lives

He was late to football and deemed too small to play for the city’s powerhouse high school program. He went...

Huntsville Police honors officers for extraordinary service

Huntsville Police Officer Caleb Freeman well knew the address when he heard the call. Two of his fellow officers, relatively...

Partnership for Drug-Free Community fighting opioid war with proactive attack

Sadly, much of the war against drug addiction is waged well after the damage has been done. Families and resource-thin...

Alabama’s spelling bee champion and Huntsvillian Erin Howard says libraries changed her life

Erin Howard, a seventh-grader at Mountain Gap School, will travel to Washington, D.C., in May to compete for the third...

City embraces short-term rentals in hospitality lodging

It could merely be a fold-out sofa in a cozy bungalow. It could be a six-bedroom home with opulent décor....

Demolition of City Hall annex first step in downtown facelift

Slices of ceiling tile, pried loose for inspection, litter the hallways. Random pieces of obsolete furniture and office equipment stubbornly...

Unique artwork part of the patchwork of Panoply’s crossover appeal

David Hammock is an ironworker from Arab, Alabama who has combined his skills with whimsical humor to create unique sculptures,...

Huntsville music icon Microwave Dave looks back at three decades of Panoply

Microwave Dave and the Nukes have been a fixture at Panoply, Huntsville’s music and arts festival, for nearly three decades....

Huntsville’s swimming legacy in good hands with rising star Rebekah Hamilton

Rebekah Hamilton is just back from Ireland, full of lessons learned – for instance, even as a passenger, it’s terrifying...