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Andrew Young to speak at virtual Unity Celebration
HUNTSVILLE -- Ambassador Andrew Young will be the feature speaker Monday at a virtual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Celebration.
The 38th annual event...
Shoals National Heritage Area bill signed into law
WASHINGTON – A pair of bills authored by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) were signed into law by President...
‘Star of Bethlehem’ at Rocket Center’s Intuitive planetarium
HUNTSVILLE – More than 2,000 years ago, according to the nativity story in the Gospel of Matthew, a bright star appeared in the eastern...
Flying high: Research Institute launched 60 years ago
HUNTSVILLE -- Sixty years ago today, the state of Alabama took a momentous step forward in being a major player for space age opportunities...
Oak sapling planting honors Jesse Owens legacy
OAKVILLE -- It has been 100 years since Olympic hero Jesse Owens and his family left Alabama for Ohio.
In the years that followed, Owens...
Artemis I mission called success ‘for all humanity’
WASHINGTON -- Cited as the "crowning achievement of Artemis I," the Orion spacecraft splashed down Sunday morning in the Pacific Ocean, capping a more...
Cummings Research Park – where seeds of dreams were planted in cotton fields
HUNTSVILLE -- The idea that if you build it, people will come, is not exclusive to Iowa cornfields. It is also true of North...
Wall to honor ‘wind beneath the wings of the space program’
HUNTSVILLE – Regardless of whether you are a long-time Huntsville resident or a newcomer, it is impossible not to drive by the iconic Saturn...
Former Athens funeral home provides a haunting experience
ATHENS -- The address is 100 South Jefferson Street, right smack dab in the middle of Athens’ popular Downtown Square.
It was once a funeral...
‘Weeping widow’ among spirits that haunt Decatur’s Old State Bank
256 Today has teamed up with Southern Ghost Girls Tours to bring you four of North Alabama’s most notorious and proven haunted places for...