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Huntsville school board approves $13 million for school additions, renovations
The Huntsville City Board of Education approved construction contracts for classroom additions at Hampton Cove Middle School and Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary School and renovations at Lee High School totaling more than $13 million. It also approved an architectural contract for the construction of a Junior ROTC training building at Columbia High...
HEMSI slammed with $15 million judgement in wrongful death suit
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A Limestone County grand jury this week found that Huntsville Emergency Medical Services, Inc., commonly known as HEMSI, and two of its ambulance operators were negligent in the care of a patient who later died after their transport from Huntsville Hospital to UAB Hospital. The wife of Robert Owen, who died May 4, 2019, alleged in her lawsuit that the actions of Jacob Steele and Calvin Hui added undue distress to Owen and played a role in his death.
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