Browse past news stories for Bob Jones High School in Madison, AL.

• Madison Passes Sales Tax Increase (WAAY-TV Huntsville)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 09:17:51 pm
  Madison shoppers will be paying a higher sales tax beginning next year. On Monday the Madison city council voted to pass a half-cent sales tax increase. The revenue from that increase will be used to help
• Madison City Council facing tax vote tonight (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 12:05:28 pm
  MADISON, AL -- The Madison City Council meeting tonight promises to be interesting with a potential vote on the half-cent sales tax and the vote on a recommendation for MEDS to become the new owner for Paradise Apartments
• Madison expected to vote on sales tax Monday (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:20:26 pm
  MADISON, AL -- Kristin Mitchell knows what overcrowding can do to a school system. She was a teacher in Mississippi before moving two years ago to Madison where her two children attend West Madison Elementary School.
• County discusses proposed tax increase (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 09:56:43 pm
  Citizens of Madison get a chance to discuss the tax increase that will fund a new high school.
• Patriots 'O' line confident (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 03:47:08 pm
  MADISON - The pads are off and the sleeves are short. It looks every bit the part of a preseason August practice at Bob Jones High School. But looks, like several members of the Patriots' offensive line will tell you, can be deceiving.
• New school may mean sales tax increase for Madison residents (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 07:43:16 pm
  A new school for the City of Madison is certain, but are the residents are in favor of a half cent increase in the sales tax to build it?
• City of Madison Considers Sales Tax Increase (WHNT-TV Huntsville)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 02:38:07 pm
  Madison residents gave mixed reaction the the proposed half-cent sales tax increase during Monday night's city council meeting.
• Madison residents turn out to express views on proposed sales tax (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 04:35:26 am
  MADISON, AL - The Madison City Council passed a $30.3 million general fund budget last night and voted on a new president, but that was not why the chambers were packed at City Hall.
• City of Madison considers sales tax levy (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:28:16 pm
  The City of Madison is considering a sales tax hike to help pay for a new high school. Many wonder if this is the right way to go about it.
• Madison is Holding Community Forums on Proposed Sales Tax (WHNT-TV Huntsville)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 11:44:35 pm
  The city of Madison is holding community forums throughout the month of November to get your input on a possible new sales tax. Members of City Council as well as the Board of Education will be at these meetings to answer any questions you may have about the tax. The proposed sales tax increase would support madison city schools. The first meeting will be Monday at the Madison City Council ...
• Madison Soldier Works With Accused Shooter (WHNT-TV Huntsville)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 05:29:35 am
  The scene of the mass shooting is almost 900 hundred miles from Huntsville, but it is truly hitting home. WHNT NEWS 19 spoke with an army soldier who worked in the same facility as the accused shooter.
• Community Meetings for Madison School Funding (WAAY-TV Huntsville)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:17:47 pm
  A number of community meetings are scheduled in Madison to address a proposed half-cent sales tax. Governor Bob Riley awarded the city a $36 million interest-free loan to build a second high school, which
• Madison to hold community meetings about sales tax proposal (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 05:35:26 pm
  MADISON, AL -- The City of Madison has scheduled five community forums on a proposed half-cent sales tax to support the Madison City Schools.
• Funding cuts cause schools to charge teachers per photocopy, principals asking parents to pitch in (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 02:05:26 pm
  Huntsville High School Principal Leslie Esneault says she's having to charge her teachers a penny for every copy they make over their 500-a-month allotment.
• Schools get stimulus loans (The Decatur Daily)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 11:45:09 am
  MADISON — The Base Realignment and Closure process gets credit from politicians for area school systems receiving more than $34.2 million in interest-free bond money.
• Riley announces grants to build new schools in Alabama (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 09:12:28 pm
  Alabama Gov. Bob Riley traveled to Bob Jones High School Thursday to announce the allocation of $236 million in interest-free bonds to help all 46 school systems that applied from across Alabama to finance the construction or repair of public school buildings.
• New high school for Madison likely means tax increase (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 08:57:18 pm
  Thursday morning, Governor Bob Riley will be at Bob Jones High School to announce interest-free money that will go to building and repairing schools.   
• Governor Riley announce funding to help construct, repair schools (WTVM 9 Columbus)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 08:13:56 pm
  MADISON, AL - Governor Bob Riley announced the allocation of $236 million in interest-free bonds to help all 46 school systems that applied from across Alabama to finance the construction or repair of public school buildings. 
• Gov. Riley announces $36 million for Madison schools; new high school on city agenda (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:35:30 pm
  Gov. Bob Riley announced Thursday that Madison has secured a $36 million federal loan to help pay for a new high school.
• Riley expected to announce school bond money today in Madison (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:50:26 am
  MADISON, AL - Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is expected to announce today whether Madison City Schools' will be granted its request for $40 million in federal stimulus school construction bonds to build a second high school.
• Riley expected to announce school stimulus appropriations Thursday (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 09:37:37 pm
  Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is expected to announce tomorrow whether the Madison City Schools' request of $40 million in federal stimulus school construction bonds will be granted to build a second high school. After months of hand-wringing, Madison city and school officials believe the fact Riley is holding a press conference Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Bob Jones High School is a good sign.
• Grissom, Bob Jones split Patriot Tri-Meet (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 09:32:29 am
  MADISON - The Dublin Park pool was abuzz as the Grissom, Huntsville and Bob Jones high school swimmers warmed up for their meet Monday night. After a moment of silence for Grissom golfer Hogan Vaughn, who died in a weekend car wreck, the competition began.
• Police tracking speeders in school zones (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 02:12:08 am
  Police say it's not easy to miss a school zone, flashing lights and a drop in the speed limit should do the trick but drivers don't always follow the rules of the road.
• Swine flu vaccination schedule released for Madison schools (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 05:05:26 pm
  Schools Superintendent Dee Fowler on Friday released the vaccination schedule for the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.
• Deeb Habchi is a special Eagle Scout (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 11:35:26 am
  MADISON, AL - Six months ago, Bob Jones High School student Deeb Habchi became a member of an exclusive club when he earned his Eagle Scout badge as a member of Troop 350 in Madison.
• Charges Withdrawn Against Alabama Linebacker (WHNT-TV Huntsville)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 03:05:35 am
  A charge of domestic violence against Alabama linebacker Courtney Upshaw was withdrawn Wednesday in Tuscaloosa County.
• Madison hires architect to design new high school (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 04:50:26 pm
  The Madison school board hired SKT Architects, of Huntsville, to design the city's planned $65 million high school.
• Madison closing some roads for homecoming parade (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 02:35:46 pm
  In preparation for the Bob Jones High School homecoming parade Thursday, Madison police plan to close Hughes Road from Mill Road to Eastview Drive beginning at approximately 5:30 p.m. and lasting the duration of the parade route, estimated to last about an hour.
• Madison Police Charge Teen In Wreck That Killed Pregnant Woman, Unborn Child (WHNT-TV Huntsville)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 02:53:08 pm
  David James Mears is the first person arrested in Madison to be charged under the Brody Bill The Madison Police Department has arrested a Bob Jones High School student in a deadly wreck that happened August 22. A woman who was pregnant was killed, and so was her unborn child.
• BJHS SPEEDSTERSONRIGHTTRACK (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 09:28:36 am
  MADISON - Collins Moore is in mid-sentence when he realizes he's due back on the practice field. In an instant, his helmet is on, and he's sprinting to his position.