By William T. Martin
HuntsvilleNewswire

This video features Huntsville School Superintendent Dr. Ann Roy Moore talking to parents about school security Tuesday night.
The meetings comes a week after a gun was found on campus at Whitesburg Middle School.
10:45 a.m. HNW has just added a new video featuring extended comments from Dr. Moore.

View the video by clicking below:
http://www.huntsvillenewswire.com/videos/AnnRoyMoore.wmv

(From release) Alabama A&M University undergraduate and graduate students are busy honing their research presentations for the 4th Annual STEM Day observance scheduled Wednesday, March 31, in the T.M. Elmore Building, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
STEM is the widely accepted acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and anxious students who aim to participate in the event’s popular poster presentation session submitted their research abstracts or senior projects some three weeks prior.

The agenda for the next regular meeting of the Huntsville City Council has been released. The meeting is set for Thursday at 6 p.m. at city hall.
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(From release) Alabama A&M University’s Department of Food and Animal Sciences (FAS) will host a two-day regional conference for the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA) March 26-27. The conference will also feature a regional college bowl competition.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle is surrounded by athletic trainers during a proclamation ceremony Tuesday. WT Martin/HNW

By William T. Martin
HuntsvilleNewswire

March has been proclaimed Certified Athletic Trainers Month in Huntsville.
Mayor Tommy Battle signed a proclamation Tuesday during a ceremony at city hall.
Battle was joined by members of Huntsville Hospital's Sports Center.

Poster contest winner Yuri Ozaki's "A Panoply Fantasy"

(From release) The Arts Council, Inc. (TAC) announced today that the Panoply Arts Festival would take place Friday-Sunday, April 23-25, at downtown Huntsville’s Big Spring International Park and Von Braun Center and that this year’s theme is “Home is Where the heART Is!” The announcement was made by Allison Dillon-Jauken, TAC’s Executive Director, in the atrium of the Huntsville-Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau (HMCCVB).

A Boeing 747 jumbo jet passes by a waiting commuter plane at Huntsville International Monday. WT Martin/HNW (Click to enlarge)

A Delta commuter flight waits to takeoff as an Atlas Air Boeing 747 cargo jet lands at Huntsville International Airport Monday.
The photographer was eating lunch atop the parking deck when the chance meeting occurred and used a telephoto lens to bring the scene closer.
The lens also distorted the distance, making the two jets appear close when they are actually separated by several hundred feet.
However, as the photo illustrates, 747's are not known as "jumbos" for nothing.

By William T. Martin
HuntsvilleNewswire

This video features protests of Monday's fundraiser by U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith. Griffith had brought House Minority Leader John Boehner to Huntsville to help with the event, which was private and not open to the media.

By William T. Martin
HuntsvilleNewswire

This video features a press conference by U.S. Reps. Parker Griffith and John Boehner.
Boehner, the House Republican Leader, and Griffith held the brief conference before heading to a private fundraiser at the Marriott Hotel near the Davidson Center For Space Exploration.
Media were not permitted inside the event but a large crowd of protesters were waiting to greet those who did attend.
HNW will shortly post another video report on the activities of those opposing Griffith and Boehner's visit to the Rocket City.

By William T. Martin
HuntsvilleNewswire

Huntsville police are investigating the death of a man who was shot Sunday evening in north Huntsville.
HPD spokesman Sgt. Mark Roberts told HNW the victim, Michael Porter, 47, was found in the 2300 block of Poplar Avenue off Pulaski Pike at 6:20 p.m.
Police were called to the scene after two people reported hearing a gunshot in the area and then saw Porter lying in a parking lot.

By William T. Martin
HuntsvilleNewswire

This video features highlights of U.S. Senator Richard Shelby's Washington Update speech.
Shelby spoke to a sellout crowd at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration Monday morning.

By William T. Martin
HuntsvilleNewswire

This week's chapter of Sunday Mornings With The Mayors features Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle.

(From release) AirTran Airways today announced new non-stop service to Huntsville, Ala., from Baltimore/Washington (BWI) and Orlando (MCO) beginning May 27.
The new flights will operate daily.
“Huntsville is known as the 'Rocket City' and AirTran Airways is pleased to take the residents of northern Alabama to new heights of air travel," said Kevin Healy, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Planning, AirTran Airways."

(From release) Madison Mayor Paul Finley and Managing Director of the Madison Chamber of Commerce Kate Gray were on hand as the ribbon was officially cut on Rocket City United’s 2010 season, its first in Madison.
RCU President Andy Zorovich and Technical Director Desmond Armstrong addressed the crowd at the team’s new headquarters in the Southern Convention Services (SCS) complex on County Line Rd.
RCU’s 2010 schedule and slick new uniform kit, featuring Title Partner and ownership stakeholder SCS on the front, were unveiled.

By William T. Martin
HuntsvilleNewswire

More unedited video featuring Huntsville school spokesperson Keith Ward facing media and parents outside Whitesburg Middle School Thursday.