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Girl Scouts to kick off cookie season on Friday
Lifestyles, Madison County Record, News
by Staff Reports 
February 4, 2026
NORTH ALABAMA - It’s that time of year! Girl Scouts in North-Central Alabama are getting ready for the start of the 2026 Girl Scout Cookie season — a ...
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Parenting class to advise on adolescents’ destructive behavior
Events, Madison County Record, News
by Gregg Parker 
February 4, 2026
MADISON – The challenge for parents who live with and try to guide an adolescent can escalate when the youth demonstrates confrontational and even vio...
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State association honors Cummings with ‘All-State School Board Member Award’
Madison County Record, News, Schools
by Gregg Parker 
February 4, 2026
MADISON – The Alabama Association of School Boards has named Travis Cummings with the prestigious honor, “All-State School Board Member Award.”
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Trash Pandas ready for seventh season in Madison
Events, Madison County Record, News
by Bob Labbe 
February 4, 2026
MADISON - The numbers 26-2033-11-6-5 could be for a winning lottery ticket, but in reality, those are the numbers corresponding to the promotional hig...
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Joe Davis Stadium updates bring NCAA Div. I college football to Huntsville
Events, Madison County Record, News
by Bob Labbe 
February 4, 2026
HUNTSVILLE - “This is why we did this,” said Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle at a recent press conference and referring to renovations to 40-year old Jo...
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Bob Jones wrestling is runner-up in Dick Clem Memorial
Madison County Record, News, Schools
Host Patriots had won three straight times in tourney honoring their late coach
by STEVE LEE steve@themadisonrecord.com 
February 4, 2026
MADISON — For the first time in four seasons, a wrestling team other than Bob Jones won the Dick “Pops” Clem Memorial, named for its late coach who he...
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Sedlacek promoted to Battalion Chief in Madison Fire and Rescue
Madison County Record, News, The Madison Recor
by Gregg Parker 
February 4, 2026
MADISON – Michael Sedlacek, who joined Madison Fire & Rescue in 2008 as a rookie firefighter, was promoted recently to Battalion Chief of “B” Shift....
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High school athletics AHSAA reclassifications present major changes
b-Sports, Madison County Record, News
by Bob Labbe 
February 4, 2026
MADISON - The idea has been passed around for the last several years and now the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) has turned the idea ...
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James Clemens bowling advances to State Tournament seeded No. 1
b-Sports, Madison County Record, News
by Bob Labbe 
February 4, 2026
TRUSSVILLE - There’s no better feeling for an athlete than knowing you’re at the top of your sport especially going into what is a championship title ...
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