Huntsville News

NTSB Releases Huntsville Crash Report

STN Online - Thu Nov 19

Almost three years to the day after an crash that sent school bus safety into the national spotlight and federal crosshairs, the National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the Huntsville, Ala., school bus crash, citing the probable cause as a loss of control of a student-driven vehicle.

NTSB cites car in deadly school bus wreck

WIAT-TV Birmingham - Thu Nov 19

The NTSB report Thursday also said the bus driver was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected when it struck the overpass wall.

Tenn. slayings suspect asked to hug daughter

Kansas City Star - Thu Nov 19

A man charged with fatally stabbing and beating six people in Tennessee and Alabama asked a responding deputy to let him hug his 4-year-old daughter - the only person spared in the attack, the deputy testified Thursday.Testifying at a preliminary hearing, Bob Jones of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said that when he reached the crime ...

Conservative group asks for crackdown on gambling

WAFF-TV Huntsville - Thu Nov 19

Wednesday evening, owners of the White Hall Bingo facility in Lowndes County voluntarily closed their doors indefinitely.

Man shot in robbery attempt on Crestview Drive

The Mobile Register Online - Wed Nov 18

A Crestview Drive man was shot this morning in a robbery attempt, according to Huntsville police.

Mobile laser systems track, destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles in tests

The Birmingham News - Wed Nov 18

A mobile laser and targeting system developed by Boeing tracked and destroyed five small unmanned aerial vehicles in a demonstration earlier this year.

The gold rush: a Waff 48 News special report

WAFF-TV Huntsville - Wed Nov 18

With the price of gold at an all-time high, and the economy at an historic low, there's a different sort of "gold rush" underway.

Trial date set in double murder case

WAFF-TV Huntsville - Wed Nov 18

A trial date has been set for the man accused of killing two boys. Kishon Green is charged with capital murder for the 2008 deaths of his son and his son's half brother.

Huntsville Residents Learn About Fair Housing Act

WHNT-TV Huntsville - Tue Nov 17

While it's been more than 40 years since the Fair Housing Act of 1968 went on the books, some say there is still discrimination in the sale and rental of homes in Huntsville and Madison County.

Library installs cameras to deter theft

WAFF-TV Huntsville - Tue Nov 17

Crime sometimes happens in the most unlikely places, take the library for example, where you can borrow just about everything.