http://www.yourstreet.com/news/huntsville-al YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Beth Eberts, 11, a sixth grader at Moon Area Middle School who likes to play the flute and softball, received a full academic scholarship to attend the U.S. Space and Rocket Center's Aviation Challenge in Huntsville, Ala., this summer. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705050/young-achiever-beth-eberts Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:42:08 -0700 Beth Eberts, 11, a sixth grader at Moon Area Middle School who likes to play the flute and softball, received a full academic scholarship to attend the U.S. Space and Rocket Center's Aviation Challenge in Huntsville, Ala., this summer. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705115/young-achiever-beth-eberts Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:42:08 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (AP) — A homeless man who survived being struck by a train two years ago has died after being hit by another train as he sat on the tracks. Phillip Holman was hit by a train in Huntsville in 2007 while intoxicated on http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6676778/us-man-dies-when-hit-by-train-for-second-time Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:44:10 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Kenneth Darby, the former Butler High and University of Alabama running back, has been bidding to earn the No. 2 running back spot for the St. Louis Rams, but hasn't been impressive in preseason. In what some... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6682199/darby-on-the-bubble-for-rams Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:13:08 -0700 Nancy Hefner said her husband died at a Huntsville, Ala., ospital from a brain aneurysm Wednesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6682235/former-nc-congressman-hefner-dead-at-79 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:01:08 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- A jury on Wednesday convicted a 68-year-old man of murder for the shooting death of a woman who refused to dance with him at an American Legion hall. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- A jury on Wednesday convicted a 68-year-old man of murder for the shooting... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6671462/alabama-man-convicted-of-killing-woman-over-dance Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:23:08 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--? Bill Hefner, a former 12-term Democratic congressman from North Carolina, Southern Baptist gospel singer and radio station owner, died of a of a brain aneurysm Wednesday. He was 79. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6670086/former-nc-congressman-bill-hefner-dead-at-79 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:00:08 -0700 Port's freight-container capacity projected to more than double Special/Alabama State Port Authority Growth of the container terminal at the Port of Mobile will bring surging truck traffic for Interstate 65. Expect a large increase in truck traffic traveling... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6653300/university-of-alabama-in-huntsville-predicts-surge-of-interstate-65-truck- Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:54:08 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Authorities are searching for an Alabama inmate who walked away from a work-release job in Madison County. The Department of Corrections said 40-year-old Burton Charles Wulff was last seen about 6:30 p.m. Sunday at a Home Masters job site. He was... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6652509/inmate-escapes-madison-county,-ala-,-work-release-job Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:51:08 -0700 Bragg, author of best-selling books about his family, "All Over but the Shoutin' " and "Ava's Man," said he's decided that in his first novel, he's going to have someone murdered "when a copy of the Alabama Constitution is dropped on them." (The Huntsville... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6633129/at-constitutional-reform-luncheon,-pulitizer-winner-rick-bragg-urges-action Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:41:08 -0700 Surprises, false impressions and incredible perseverance: They're all part of a major murder trial such as the one here last week of University of Alabama in Huntsville professor Dr. Andrew Pakhomov. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6597616/loose-ends-and-observations-from-the-andrew-pakhomov-murder-trial Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:20:08 -0700 DECATUR, Ala. -- A Morgan County jury has found University of Alabama-Huntsville physics professor Andrew Pakhomov guilty of killing his wife and dumping her body in the Tennessee River. (Huntsville Times, Michael Mercier) University of Alabama-Huntsville professor... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6587612/uah-professor-found-guilty-of-killing-wife,-dumping-body-in-river Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:19:08 -0700 DECATUR, Ala. (AP) - A Morgan County jury has found University of Alabama-Huntsville physics professor Andrew Pakhomov guilty of killing his wife and dumping her body in the Tennessee River. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6587580/jury-convicts-uah-professor-of-wife-s-murder Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:48:08 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Madison County school board approved a lean 2010 budget Thursday knowing the state could force additional cuts.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6581225/lean-year-ahead-for-madison-county-schools Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:36:08 -0700 Andrew Pakhomov, who works at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, could be sentenced to life imprisonment if convicted of killing Yelena Zakin. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6579916/murder-trial-to-start-for-former-uah-professor Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:13:08 -0700 DECATUR, AL - Accused wife killer and University of Alabama in Huntsville professor Andrew Pakhomov passed his last official chance to change his plea to guilty today, moving his Monday trial one step closer. Pakhomov, 46, of Madison is accused... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6541590/uah-professor-skips-chance-to-plead-in-murder-case-trial-still-set-for-mon Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:57:08 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, AL - The University of Alabama-Huntsville's application to join the Central Collegiate Hockey Association has been denied, the CCHA Council voted today. According to a short statement, the council "voted by acclamation to deny the University of Alabama in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6532254/uah-denied-admission-to-central-collegiate-hockey-association Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:15:08 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A Huntsville dentist will receive a year in jail and must register as a sex offender after reaching a deal with prosecutors on charges he took sexual advantage of two teenage boys. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6531020/huntsville-dentist-to-serve-year-in-jail-on-sex-abuse-charges Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:40:08 -0700 HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Former Alabama football star Siran Stacy will be here Aug. 20 to speak at a prayer breakfast at First Baptist Church and then attend a pep rally for the Kickoff Classic that night at the U.S. Space... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6526580/former-tide-star-siran-stacy-to-speak-at-prayer-breakfast,-pep-rally Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:17:08 -0700 Huntsville Times13 Huntsville and Madison County schools fail on report cards. HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Eight schools in Huntsville and and five in Madison County received failing marks from the Alabama Department of Education in its latest round of school assessment.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6476140/13-huntsville,-madison-county-schools-failed-in-latest-education-report-car Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:10:08 -0700