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BILOXI, Miss – The Rocket City Trash Pandas (7-9) opened their second road trip of the season on Tuesday night with a 7-3 loss to the Biloxi Shuckers...
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The tournament will be played at Toyota Field for the next four years, 2027-30
by Bob Labbe 
April 22, 2026
MADISON - In 2021, the SEC Gymnastics Championships were held in Huntsville inside the Von Braun Center. Now five years later, the announcement on the...
Madison County Record, News, The Madison Recor
by Staff Reports 
April 22, 2026
MADISON - An 18-month string of vandalism incidents has come to an end after the Huntsville Police Department (HPD) said they have arrested a Madison ...
Madison County Record, News, The Madison Recor
by Staff Reports 
April 22, 2026
REDSTONE ARSENAL - On Wednesday, U.S. Space Command announced that members of its J2 Intelligence Directorate (JISE) have now officially relocated fro...
Events, Madison County Record, News
by Staff Reports 
April 22, 2026
HUNTSVILLE - Art and music come together this weekend for a three-day celebration in downtown Huntsville. Now in its 44th year, the annual Panoply Art...
Madison County Record
by Maria Rakoczy 
April 22, 2026
MADISON - Madison has received the distinguished designation of being named an America 250 Alabama Semiquincentennial City.
Events
Broadway Theatre League
by Staff Reports 
April 22, 2026
HUNTSVILLE - Huntsville’s Broadway Theatre League (BTL) has revealed its lineup for the upcoming 2026–2027 season, featuring a blend of Huntsville pre...
Madison County Record
by Gregg Parker 
April 22, 2026
MADISON – During tournaments in early 2026, members of Madison City Chess League or MCCL played victoriously to win honors and advance to national con...
Business
by Gregg Parker 
April 22, 2026
MADISON – According to one colleague, Trenton ‘Trent’ Reynolds sets the group’s emotional tone, leads with kindness and humility and shows confidence ...
Business
COMMUNITY NEWS
by Gregg Parker 
April 22, 2026
MADISON – Valor Scientific Inc., a new biotech startup in Madison, has opened with help from Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments or TARCOG ...
Events
by Bob Labbe 
April 22, 2026
MADISON - The upcoming six-game home stand for the Rocket City Trash Pandas is expected to be full of great baseball and even greater amounts of fun f...
Madison County Record
by Bob Labbe 
April 22, 2026
MADISON - Micah Pettus is just hours away from joining his older brother, Dell, in the National Football League. The 91st annual NFL Draft will be hel...
Madison County Record
by Bob Labbe 
April 22, 2026
MADISON - Former Major League Baseball player and resident of Madison since 2011, Jeffrey Hammonds has been selected for the Huntsville- Madison Count...
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by Bob Labbe 
April 22, 2026
MADISON - The recent 20252026 youth basketball season of Madison came to a close in fashionable style as the long-standing youth leagues, formerly kno...
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by Bob Labbe 
April 22, 2026
MADISON - A common sight at any Madison Academy soccer match is one of magical proportions as senior striker Henry Yelverton will perform a front hand...
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by Staff Reports 
April 20, 2026
MADISON – The Rocket City Trash Pandas (7-8) split a doubleheader with the Birmingham Barons (6-9) on Sunday afternoon in front of 4,939 fans at Toyot...
Events
by Bob Labbe 
April 17, 2026
MADISON- In 2021, the SEC Gymnastics Championships were held in Huntsville inside the Von Braun Center. Now five years later, the announcement on the ...
News
by Maria Rakoczy 
April 16, 2026
Madison has received the distinguished designation of being named an America 250 Alabama Semiquincentennial City.
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Madison City Schools
Search now begins for replacement
by Maria Rakoczy 
April 15, 2026
MADISON - Madison City Schools Superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols announced plans to retire at the end of this school year at Thursday’s school board meeti...
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by By AVA MALONE news@themadisonrecord.com 
April 15, 2026
BIRMINGHAM - With 53 years in broadcasting, including the last 35 years as host of the weekly program ‘Reelin’ In The Years’ on WLRH-FM, and the long-...
Events
by Gregg Parker 
April 15, 2026
MADISON – During the change in seasons, Madison is experiencing enhancements, observances and safety measures, and Mayor Ranae Bartlett is involved wi...
Events
Panoply 2026
by STAFF REPORTS staff@themadisonrecord.com 
April 15, 2026
HUNTSVILLE – Art, music, and more collide next weekend as the Panoply Arts Festival returns. The festival continues to evolve, blending the technical ...
Business
by MARIA RAKOCZY mailto:maria@themadisonrecord.com maria@themadisonrecord.com 
April 14, 2026
The Madison City Council on Monday approved the construction of an indoor entertainment venue. Slick City Action Park is proposed to be 42,000 square ...
Madison County Record
by By STAFF REPORTS 
April 9, 2026
MADISON - Madison City Schools Superintendent Dr. Ed Nichols announced plans to retire at the end of this school year. Nichols announced his intention...
Madison
by Gregg Parker 
April 9, 2026
MADISON – The Republican Women of Madison organization will collaborate with related clubs to host the North Alabama U.S. Senate Candidate Forum on Ap...
Business
by John Few 
April 8, 2026
HUNTSVILLE - Crestwood Medical Center and Huntsville Hospital Health System announced today that Kyle Buchanan, current president of Helen Keller Hosp...
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Play Ball
by Staff Reports 
April 8, 2026
MADISON - The Rocket City Trash Pandas (2-1) continued their high-powered offensive start to the season with a 9–8 win on Easter Sunday, clinching the...
Madison County Record
by Gregg Parker 
April 8, 2026
MADISON – A new group will allow young people to learn directly about municipal government in the City of Madison.
Events
Downtown Madison
by Staff Reports 
April 8, 2026
MADISON - The Huntsville- Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s spring history walking tours return this April to historic downtown Madison....
Madison
by Gregg Parker 
April 8, 2026
MADISON – In state-level MATHCOUNTS competition on March 21, Kylie Zou placed in the top four individual scores (at second place). With this achieveme...
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by Bob Labbe 
April 8, 2026
MADISON - The 2026 baseball season is underway with the Rocket City Trash Pandas battling through its season- opening weekend and now set to return ne...
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by Bob Labbe 
April 8, 2026
MADISON - The Northeast Alabama Chapter of the Fellowship Christian Athletes (FCA) is hosting its next in a longline of Ladies Huddles on Thursday, Ap...
Living50Plus
by STORY BY BOB LABBE 
April 6, 2026
A boxer is an athlete described as a battler, combatant and scrapper. In just those few definitions one can almost describe Brad Ginn whose whole purp...
Living50Plus
by BY GREGG PARKER 
April 6, 2026
It wasn’t quite ‘love at first sight,’ but Gordon Raney and Mary Starling, members of Madison Senior Center, nurtured a bond between themselves. They ...
Living50Plus
April 6, 2026
Some history lessons come from textbooks. Others come with glue, fabric, and a whole lot of creativity. Madison at The Range residents stepped into th...
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BILOXI, Miss – The Rocket City Trash Pandas (7-9) opened their second road trip of the season on Tuesday night with a 7-3 loss to the Biloxi Shuckers...
April 22, 2026
MADISON - In 2021, the SEC Gymnastics Championships were held in Huntsville inside the Von Braun Center. Now five years later, the announcement on the...
April 22, 2026
MADISON - An 18-month string of vandalism incidents has come to an end after the Huntsville Police Department (HPD) said they have arrested a Madison ...
April 22, 2026
REDSTONE ARSENAL - On Wednesday, U.S. Space Command announced that members of its J2 Intelligence Directorate (JISE) have now officially relocated fro...
April 22, 2026
HUNTSVILLE - Art and music come together this weekend for a three-day celebration in downtown Huntsville. Now in its 44th year, the annual Panoply Art...
April 22, 2026
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MADISON - The upcoming six-game home stand for the Rocket City Trash Pandas is expected to be full of great baseball and even greater amounts of fun f...
April 22, 2026
MADISON - Micah Pettus is just hours away from joining his older brother, Dell, in the National Football League. The 91st annual NFL Draft will be hel...
April 22, 2026
MADISON - Former Major League Baseball player and resident of Madison since 2011, Jeffrey Hammonds has been selected for the Huntsville- Madison Count...
April 22, 2026
MADISON - The recent 20252026 youth basketball season of Madison came to a close in fashionable style as the long-standing youth leagues, formerly kno...
April 22, 2026
MADISON - A common sight at any Madison Academy soccer match is one of magical proportions as senior striker Henry Yelverton will perform a front hand...
April 22, 2026
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MADISON - Celebrating volunteerism in Madison was the central focus on March 25 when several Madison volunteers were honored for their hard work and c...
April 1, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. Kids to Love Founder and CEO Lee Marshall spoke before Congress last week on one of the most pressing issues facing vulnerable childr...
April 1, 2026
MADISON – Jourdan Mc-Gowan, an award-winning visual artist from Birmingham, has been exhibiting his artwork at Madison Public Library.
March 11, 2026
MADISON – A Community Impact Grant for $1,750 from Madison Visionary Partners or MVP has helped Madison Public Library in purchasing a laser cutter fo...
March 4, 2026
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