Classic cars line up in Polk Square during Saturday’s 16th Annual Cruz’n the Square.

Before school began, Huntsville School District nurses created a plan to meet state immunization requirements. 

A new outdoor weather station and alert system for the Huntsville School District will take the guess work out of deciding when to call off games, recess, or other outdoor activities due to weather. 

Bids for the new Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center were opened and read aloud to the public on Oct. 4 at the Madison County Courthouse. About 25 contractors sat in the courtroom to hear the bids read on each of the project’s 23 packages.

The Huntsville City Council worked through a lengthy agenda in its regular meeting Monday night, hearing the first reading of an ordinance fixing higher water and sewer rates beginning in 2024 and hearing from Madison County’s Department of Emergency Management coordinator on a once-in-a-lifetime total eclipse that will occur in April 2024.

All full-time, contracted employees at the Huntsville School District will receive a $1,000 bonus after the recommendation received Huntsville School Board approval during its regular October meeting on Monday.

Faith Thomas was crowned as the 2023 Homecoming Queen. She was escorted Friday night by her father, Danny Thomas.

A line of dancers perform zumba in front of the pavilion at Walking Trail Park Saturday evening as part of Salsa in the Park.

The Huntsville Water Commission held a public hearing Monday night to answer any questions regarding higher water and sewer rates that will be phased in January and continuing through 2026. No citizens attended the hearing, nor did members of the Huntsville City Council. 

A Madison County jury last week took 10 minutes to find a Berryville woman guilty of felony possession of methamphetamine and 10 minutes to sentence her to six years in the Arkansas Department of Correction after she refused an offer of probation and an expunged record from the prosecuting attorney’s office.

The 16th annual Cruz’n the Square Benefit Car Show will be Saturday on Polk Square in downtown Huntsville from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizer Jason Yates said he expects as many as 80 classic cars to be displayed during the event, which will also feature food, a live auction, music and a valve cover race.

A St. Paul woman said that on the night of Sept. 12, she reported to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office a pedestrian walking on Highway 16 about two hours before he was struck and killed by a motorist in heavy fog. Sheriff Ronnie Boyd said his office had only one deputy working that night and did not respond to the report, which Boyd said did not initially indicate the pedestrian needed assistance. Boyd said the deputy did not deem the report a high priority and chose not to respond.

A coalition floating the idea of making federal lands near the Buffalo National River a national park preserve says the designation would make the area the “most active-use National Park in the country for outdoor recreation.”

The Huntsville Planning Commission on Monday approved the preliminary plat for phase six of home builder Terry Presley’s Highland Park subdivision, with some stipulations pertaining to a secondary access road connecting the northeast side of the subdivision to Highway 23 North.

Community input is needed for the Huntsville School District Master Facilities Plan, administrators shared during a public input session held Monday night. 

The Huntsville Water and Sewer Commission on Thursday approved three ordinances fixing water and sewer rates for 2024-26, which will go to the city council for consideration in October. Commissioners also approved the department’s budget for 2024 and heard an update on construction of the new storage tank adjacent to Sky High Arena.

Though the Huntsville City Council voted at its last meeting to purchase an acre of land at the Huntsville Municipal Airport for the construction of one new hangar and up to three more in the future, a final decision on the transaction has not been made.

Mercy Life Line flight paramedic Richard Wynne and flight nurse Brian Boone deliver the game ball to first responders including Madison County Sheriff Ronnie Boyd, left, and Huntsville Mayor Travis Dotson, standing next to Boyd, prior to Friday night’s football game at Eagle Stadium.

About a dozen contractors attended a pre-bid conference at the Arvest Annex building Sept. 20 to hear representatives of Smith-Doyle Contractors, Inc., review the process of bidding for work on what is being called the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center.

Sean Davis says the hardest part of taking over as manager of Huntsville Water Utilities a few years ago was the pace at which things happen.