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Winter weather hits the area

Monday, January 30, 2023 12:33 PM

Huntsville and Madison County on Monday began a new week with slick roads and dangerous weather conditions, less than a week after heavy snow blanketed the area.
Snow brings power outages to county

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:28 AM

Madison County awoke to a blanket of snow and widespread power outages on Wednesday.
Snow begins to blanket county

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:56 PM

The anticipated snowfall began to turn Madison County white Tuesday afternoon, with roads beginning to get slick.
Road Update, Dec. 22

Thursday, December 22, 2022 3:34 PM

Roads and streets in Madison County are covered with snow and temperatures continue to fall, officials said Thursday afternoon.
Strong feelings persist on jail

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 9:00 AM

Madison County Quorum Court members are asking voters to nearly double the county’s sales and use tax – increasing it by 1.75% – during the Nov. 8 General Election to fund a jail and its maintenance and operations after the Washington County Detention Center canceled its contract to house Madison County detainees in December.
The price of building a jail

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 9:00 AM

At the end of 2014, Madison County announced it was voluntarily closing its jail after failing to pass a one-cent sales tax and failing multiple inspections for more than a decade. Voters had rejected sales-tax increases for jail improvements in 2008 and 2013.