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‘Rare’ Huntsville basketball group sees three players commit to Division I programs in July
Christian Schweers knew almost immediately that his 2025 class would be something special. Just hours into accepting the head job at Huntsville, he remembers meeting a few members of the class when they were 10 or 11 years old at a dinner in Decatur hosted by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
BACK TO SCHOOL: Getting kids adjusted to school-year sleep schedule
Doctors say now is the time to start helping children get back in the school year sleep routines and schedules. Huntsville pediatrician, Dr. Daniel McNeill says it comes down to - what he calls The Four Bs: Bath. Brush. Book. Bed. McNeill also suggest parents make their children put away...
Huntsville teachers get ready for new school year
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Huntsville school leaders are working to get teachers fired up for the start of a new year. A back-to-school gathering on Monday featured more than 2,000 employees at Alabama A&M event center. “It’s a big pep rally for teachers and how we like to start the...
Backpack giveaway in Hazel Green helps students get ready for school year
HAZEL GREEN, Ala. (WAFF) - A lot of students in Hazel Green will start the school year with everything they need thanks to an event on Sunday. Round Room LLC invited families to their 12th annual backpack giveaway. Organizers said the event is essential to give local students a leg...
University of Alabama System campuses each close DEI offices, reassign staff
All three University of Alabama System campuses will be closing their diversity, equity and inclusion offices and opening new offices under different names. The schools cite a law recently signed by Gov. Kay Ivey that bans DEI offices, programming and training in public colleges and other state agencies. SB129 becomes effective Oct. 1, 2024.
Brayden Rivers chooses UNC-Asheville
Another week, another Huntsville High School basketball product is off the board. This time it’s 2025 wing Brayden Rivers, who made his pledge to UNC-Asheville following the July evaluation periods. UNC-Asheville head coach Mike Morrell targeted Rivers after seeing him in the June scholastic evaluation period. Following that, the...
UAH team places eighth internationally in 2024 University Rover Challenge
A team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), representing both the College of Engineering and the College of Science, achieved an impressive eighth place in the 2024 University Rover Challenge (URC), held in Moab, Utah. Competing as part of the UAH Space Hardware Club (SHC), the team, known...
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