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Joe’s Place: The love story behind the street name

For a street that is only 200 feet long that comes with a tiny bit of civic legislation, it’s got an awfully big...
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Meet Wes Kelley, the new CEO of Huntsville Utilities

Wes Kelley became only the fifth CEO in the seven-decade history of Huntsville Utilities on May 30. Born in Gadsden but...
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HPD’s first female officer – Mary Tumlin – reflects on 26-year-career

She doesn’t like to think of herself as a pioneer, even though she crashed through barriers to do something that’s...
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Meet Jackie Wilson, Artist & Recreation Center Aide

Jackie Wilson was doing minor home improvement 15 years ago or so, spray-painting sconces she had taken from a wall and rested on a...
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Meet HPD’s new recruiter, Sgt. Tess Hughes

The police sergeant is in a T-Rex costume. Another two dozen or so officers maniacally dart in front of the camera,...
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Meet Mr. Willie Hereford of the Sparkman Homes Resident Council

The past and future of North Huntsville leadership are sitting on the front porch of a Sparkman Homes apartment among a mini-garden of plants....
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Huntsville praised as model city for kid-focused Summer Feeding Program

Huntsville City Schools and the City of Huntsville are teaming up to make local children’s summers just a little bit fuller....
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It’s full circle for Huntsville Swimming star Chris O’Neil

The swimming star has, as happens in his sport, finished where he started. But his has not been a straight...
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My views on leadership – Dan Sanders

Name: Lewis Sanders, but I go by Dan. Age: 56 Title: Director of Traffic Engineering  Family: Family extends to all of my close friends...
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The roots of Huntsville’s deep military appreciation

This week, we celebrate Armed Forces Week in Huntsville – not just Armed Forces Day, but Monday through Friday. We...