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Tuscumbia celebrating 45th annual Helen Keller Festival

TUSCUMBIA — Country star Neal McCoy, who had huge hits in the ’90s, will headline Tuscumbia’s 45th annual Helen Keller Festival this week. The festival kicks off Thursday with a […]

HUNTSVILLE — The annual Military Service and Academy Day is coming to Sparkman High next Saturday and its host is a Senators alum. The event, hosted by U.S. Rep. Dale […]

HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Nursing welcomed an important technological training tool to its Simulation & Learning Innovation Center recently: an advanced pediatric simulator funded […]

WASHINGTON — The Postal Service will not be delivering mail Monday in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. If you’re expecting any letters or packages to arrive or planning to send […]

HUNTSVILLE – Nurses know the bedside stories. They’ve experienced connections with patients that inspire, interactions that satisfy or frustrate, even situations that horrify. Dr. Laura Hart, executive director of the […]

North Memorial Parkway overpass work to begin

HUNTSVILLE — A long-awaited North Memorial Parkway overpass project will start Monday. Construction will start on the $34 million, multi-year project to add an overpass and service roads on U.S. […]

TORONTO  – In a lot of sports, you give the ball to the player with the hot hand. In soccer, it’s the hot foot. And, for Huntsville City FC, that […]

HUNTSVILLE – Give your world’s greatest dad an out of this world experience at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center on Father’s Day. Dad gets in free with one paid […]

MONTGOMERY – It’s old news but still good news. As it has for the past several months, the state’s economic engine is right here in the Tennessee Valley. The latest […]

HUNTSVILLE – Is there anything that has taken to rocking and rolling like food trucks in the Tennessee Valley? The Clampetts’ would have called it vittles on wheels, every third […]

Trash Pandas' Ingram joins Angels

MADISON – The longest tenured pitcher in Rocket City Trash Pandas history is heading west. The Los Angeles Angels recalled left-handed pitcher Kolton Ingram from the Trash Pandas for his […]

  Off The Record: The latest rumors and rumblings in North Alabama End of the road for Cooper?  In light of the many ongoing troubles plaguing Alabama Department of Transportation […]

The Gabriel trumpeting arrival in Madison

MADISON — The Gabriel, a 288-unit multifamily property, is under construction on Balch Road in Madison. Eastern Union’s Mid-Atlantic Group, a Maryland commercial real estate brokerage firm, recently secured a $49.5 […]

Profiles of the 256: Dr. Clarence Sutton Jr.

HUNTSVILLE — “Every challenge you face is really just an opportunity.” This is the mindset of Huntsville City Schools’ newly minted Superintendent Dr. Clarence Sutton Jr. It defines his mode […]

HUNTSVILLE – When Bank Independent throws a party, everyone within a three-block radius cashes in! Bank Independent threw a block party Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the official opening of its […]

Huntsville’s Freedom Real Estate & Capital, LLC is a full service real estate company that offers flexible services tailored to the specific needs of each owner, with multiple contracting methods available. Freedom’s […]

Homewood Suites plays ball at Town Madison

MADISON — It was supposed to be a groundbreaking event with the principles ceremoniously shoveling fresh dirt in preparation for a new Homewood Suites hotel at the foot of the […]

  256 Today is proud to present the Our Town Podcast. Check here every week for the latest episode from Troy Bye, North Alabama’s newest favorite son. The Our Town […]

HUNTSVILLE — The fate awaiting an old school is usually tragic. More often than not, it is razed to build a shopping mall or a parking lot. But the city […]

HUNTSVILLE — Arrow’s Edge, formed from a partnership between Seabrook Solutions of Huntsville and Virginia-based Amentum, was recently awarded a $200 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Navy. The contract establishes […]

Mission accomplished in SouthPoint Business Park

HUNTSVILLE – In late summer 2020 with the COVID pandemic raging, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber and the Limestone County Economic Development Authority joined the Hollingsworth Cos. in breaking ground on […]

HUNTSVILLE – Signature Aviation is starting a $11.6 million renovation project for its facility at Huntsville International Airport. The company announced the project during a live formal “groundbreaking” ceremony Tuesday […]

GUNTERSVILLE — It’s called HydroFest – with an emphasis on Fest. This month, the annual high-speed boat racing takes place on Lake Guntersville, with thousands of people watching the two-day […]

Storms predicted for Wednesday

HUNTSVILLE — It could be a wild Wednesday weather-wise. The National Weather Service Huntsville office is calling for storms throughout the day, mainly this afternoon. “Multiple rounds of storms are […]