HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Art, music, delicious food, and community all in the heart of Huntsville, the 42nd annual Panoply Arts Festival has arrived. If you live in The Rocket City, then you're no stranger to the festival. Panoply Organizer talks support of recovery following 2011 tornado outbreak It brings the community together and attracts visitors from all across the country, but some volunteers and artists who've been part of the action for decades now, say there's no place quite like it. Susie Garrett has been a part of the Panoply Arts Festival for over 30 years. For the first time in ..read more

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — This Saturday, April 27, will be thirteen years since 39 tornadoes tore through North Alabama. Seven of those were devastating tornadoes; four EF4s and three EF5s ..read more

CHICAGO (AP) — The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex ..read more

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, destroying homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Injuries were reported but it wasn’t yet clear if anyone was killed in the storm. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a city of 485,000 people. Photos on social media showed heavily damaged homes and shredded trees. Video showed homes with roofs stripped of shingles, in a rural area near Omaha. La ..read more

DETROIT (WHNT) — The New Orleans Saints have drafted Alabama defensive star Kool-Aid McKinstry with the 41st pick in the NFL Draft. McKinstry, a Birmingham native, played three seasons at Alabama where he was an All-American in 2023. He finished his Crimson Tide career with 93 total tackles and 2 interceptions. McKinstry becomes the fourth Alabama taken in the 2024 NFL Draft, joining JC Latham, Dallas Turner and Terrion Arnold ..read more

(The Hill) — Writer and director Aaron Sorkin revealed during a live interview Thursday in Washington that he blames Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Sorkin, who created the film "The Social Network," which depicted Zuckerberg's rise to fame and the creation of the social media platform, also mentioned he was creating a new movie about how Facebook contributed to the Jan. 6 attack. Splashy testimony dominates first week of Trump’s hush money trial “Look, yeah, I’ll be writing about this — I blame Facebook for January 6th,” Sorkin told reporter ..read more

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — A man in Limestone County has been charged with multiple counts of sex abuse of a child, court documents filed Friday reveal. According to court documents, 33-year-old Homer Keith Hovis is charged with first-degree rape, two counts of sex abuse of a child less than 12 and two counts of first-degree sodomy ..read more

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) - On Friday, the Limestone County School administration met with parents of students who attended special education classes at Johnson Elementary School. Last week, the school board decided to rezone the autism wing, which would effectively close the class.  Infrastructure lessons learned from April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak Loughary is thankful for the education and services that her son will continue to receive from the staff at Johnson Elementary.   "I don't think there's any better than the staff there,” Loughary said. “I've seen the growth that has ..read more

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — More information about the multi-count drug arrest of the warden of Limestone Correctional Facility has been released, court documents show. Chadwick Crabtree and his wife, Melissa were arrested at their Limestone County home on April 19 ..read more

FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) — Lauderdale County Schools is expanding to meet the needs of its growing student body. The district broke ground on the Innovation Center on Friday ..read more