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MADISON – Mayor Paul Finley will present “City of Madison Update” as a forum to announce current affairs and future projects for the community.
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by Staff Reports 
August 27, 2025
MADISON - Bob Jones and James Clemens high schools once again scored big in the annual U.S. News and World Report “Best High Schools in America” ranki...
Business, Madison County Record, News
by Maria Rakoczy 
August 27, 2025
MADISON - The Madison City Council approved a hotel market feasibility study for the downtown area last week.
Madison County Record, News, The Madison Recor
by Staff Reports 
August 27, 2025
MADISON - Amazing. That’s the word that best captures the night Kids to Love officially opened the doors of its most ambitious initiative yet—the Smit...
Madison County Record, News, The Madison Recor
by By KADIE TAYLOR news@themadisonrecord.com 
August 27, 2025
MADISON - ShowerUp Huntsville provides free showers and laundry services to those in need in Madison, Huntsville and North Alabama.
Events
by Gregg Parker 
August 27, 2025
MADISON – Sharpen those broom bristles. Dust off your pointed, black hat. Rehearse your spinetingling cackle. The time is near for the 2025 Madison Wi...
Events
by Gregg Parker 
August 27, 2025
MADISON – “Mad Movie- A-Thon-O-Rama!” returns to Madison Public Library with entertaining films – from campy to classic – for the remainder of 2025....
Madison County Record
by By KADIE TAYLOR news@themadisonrecord.com 
August 27, 2025
HUNTSVILLE - Everyone starts somewhere, if you have never danced, learn to swing at the Electric Belle.
Madison County Record
by Gregg Parker 
August 27, 2025
MADISON – The Tennessee Valley Authority or TVA has included a team from Madison City Schools in its award funding to schools and non-profit organizat...
Madison County Record
by Gregg Parker 
August 27, 2025
MADISON – When he doesn’t get his way, Little Johnny hits his dad. If Sally doesn’t like her food, she throws it in the floor. Bobby Jr. won’t let you...
Madison County Record
High school football roundup
by MIKE EASTERLING 
August 27, 2025
FLORENCE – The Madison Academy football team was young last season. They are young this year. But there is a difference.
Madison County Record
by Bob Labbe 
August 27, 2025
MADISON - No one has a deeper, more emotional connection to the 2025 Bob Jones football season than wide receiver/ running back Kaleb Christopher. Kno...
Madison County Record
by Bob Labbe 
August 27, 2025
MADISON - The Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame, which pays tribute to the remarkable people who have shaped the rich sporting culture o...
Madison County Record
by Bob Labbe 
August 27, 2025
HARVEST - The annual Blue-Grey All-American Bowl has dipped into the town of Harvest for some top-notch talent for its contest set for Dec. 15 in Arli...
b-Sports
by By CLAIRE WULFF news@themadisonrecord.com 
August 27, 2025
HARVEST - The Senators started their season this week with a tri-match against St. John Paul II and Madison Academy.
b-Sports
High school football
by Caleb Odom 
August 27, 2025
HARVEST - The football twirled through the night sky toward the right side of the field.
b-Sports
by Bob Labbe 
August 27, 2025
MADISON - Several sports are now kicking off its seasons as the newest school year is underway. One of the most popular and certainly one of the most ...
News
by Maria Rakoczy 
August 26, 2025
The race to represent District 6 on the Madison City Council will now go to a run off after none of the three candidates received more than 50% of the...
News
by Maria Rakoczy 
August 26, 2025
Michael McKay defeated Rachel Homolak in Tuesday’s municipal election to represent District 4 on the city council, winning 73% of the vote. "73.21% of...
Madison County Record
by John Few 
August 26, 2025
Bartlett captured over 56% of the vote in three-candidate race, avoiding runoff MADISON - Madison has a new mayor, Madison City Council member Ranae B...
Madison
by John Few 
August 26, 2025
Maura Wroblewski left as only veteran city council member MADISON - Madison voters rejected the only contested incumbents in city council races today,...
Madison County Record
by John Few 
August 26, 2025
The results are starting to come in for Madison's municipal election. In District 7, incumbent John Seifert congratulated his challenger Kenneth Jacks...
Business
The coffee shop opened as part of Phase 1 of the airport’s 3 phase refresh.
by Maria Rakoczy 
August 25, 2025
Starbucks in Huntsville International Airport is now open. The coffee shop is currently the only national chain in the airport. It opened as part of P...
A: Main
by Staff Reports 
August 20, 2025
MADISON – The 2025 Municipal Election for the City of Madison on Aug. 26 will decide a new mayor and representatives for City Council in three contest...
Madison County Record
by Maria Rakoczy 
August 20, 2025
MADISON - Madison City Schools’ student body is growing exponentially, but unfortunately for the school district, funding is threatening to shrink.
Events
by Gregg Parker 
August 20, 2025
MADISON – Blue Apple Books is collaborating with Children- Read-Succeed, Huntsville, to present Family Book Festival, a celebration of reading. Dubbed...
Madison County Record
by Gregg Parker 
August 20, 2025
MADISON – A couple of local members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are providing FamilySearch training weekly at Madison Senior Ce...
Madison County Record
by Gregg Parker 
August 20, 2025
MADISON – James Clemens Theatre has wasted no time to prepare for its 2025-2026 season by selecting its one-act play for the fall semester and its ful...
Madison County Record
by MIKE EASTERLING 
August 20, 2025
MADISON – Things looked bleak at the outset when the Madison Baseball Association 8U Blue USSSA All-Star State Championship tournament began in Oxford...
Madison County Record
by Bob Labbe 
August 20, 2025
HUNTSVILLE - The 2025 Rocket City Classic, presented by Akima, will be a reunion in a familiar place as Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle announced that A...
Living
by Gregg Parker 
August 20, 2025
MADISON – Members of Madison City Chess League can set their sights on the Alabama State Chess Championship, scheduled for Labor Day Weekend, Aug 29 t...
b-Sports
by Bob Labbe 
August 20, 2025
MADISON - Local bowling centers have an impressive schedule of events in the next 12 months as the Huntsville USBC (United States Bowling Congress) Bo...
Madison County Record
by John Few 
August 19, 2025
Click on the cover to access a digital version of the August issue of Madison Living Magazine. This month's issue includes our annual High School Foot...
Madison Living
by Bob Labbe 
August 19, 2025
On Aug. 28 at Toyota Field, the Rocket City Trash Pandas will host a special Throwback Thursday by celebrating the 40th anniversary of the inaugural s...
Madison Living
Deanna Bender’s dream has come true with her own gift shop in historic downtown Madison
by ERIN COGGINS news@themadisonrecord.com 
August 19, 2025
Gifts are Deanna Bender’s love language. She loves giving them. She loves curating them. And now with the opening of her own gift shop, My Favorite Th...
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MADISON – Mayor Paul Finley will present “City of Madison Update” as a forum to announce current affairs and future projects for the community.
August 27, 2025

MADISON - Bob Jones and James Clemens high schools once again scored big in the annual U.S. News and World Report “Best High Schools in America” ranki...
August 27, 2025

MADISON - The Madison City Council approved a hotel market feasibility study for the downtown area last week.
August 27, 2025

MADISON - Amazing. That’s the word that best captures the night Kids to Love officially opened the doors of its most ambitious initiative yet—the Smit...
August 27, 2025

MADISON - ShowerUp Huntsville provides free showers and laundry services to those in need in Madison, Huntsville and North Alabama.
August 27, 2025
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MADISON - No one has a deeper, more emotional connection to the 2025 Bob Jones football season than wide receiver/ running back Kaleb Christopher. Kno...
August 27, 2025

MADISON - The Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame, which pays tribute to the remarkable people who have shaped the rich sporting culture o...
August 27, 2025

HARVEST - The annual Blue-Grey All-American Bowl has dipped into the town of Harvest for some top-notch talent for its contest set for Dec. 15 in Arli...
August 27, 2025

HARVEST - The Senators started their season this week with a tri-match against St. John Paul II and Madison Academy.
August 27, 2025

HARVEST - The football twirled through the night sky toward the right side of the field.
August 27, 2025
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WASHINGTON – As Americans prepare to “spring forward” this weekend, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke on the floor about the many benefits of...
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Buery Lowery was a deacon in our church when I was growing up. He ran the corner grocery store in our community, and was legendary among us children b...
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MADISON - For one Madison native, searching for locally owned spots across the state turned into authoring a book and managing a Facebook group to con...
August 13, 2025

MADISON – Students typically attend multiple schools over the course of their academic careers. Preschool, elementary school, middle school, and high ...
July 30, 2025

We painted rats and tumors last week in Sunday School. The Super Bowl had not been hyped as much.
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