D'Quan Lee
Reporter
Huntsville, AL
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D’Quan Lee joined the WAFF 48 News team in March of 2022 as a reporter and multimedia journalist.
He’s a graduate of Alabama State University with a degree in Communications with a concentration in radio & TV.
He started his career in sports as a play-by-play broadcaster for his alma mater, announcing their football and basketball games for the Hornet Sports Network.
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It's costing the owner even more to beef up his security to prevent any addition thefts.
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Thousands of families from here at home and across the South spent time this Memorial Day weekend at Point Mallard for the annual Alabama Jubilee.
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As soccer fans prepare for Huntsville City Football Club’s second home match on Friday, there’s plenty for nearby business owners to cheer.
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School security is an ongoing concern for parents, and administrators believe this is a step in the right direction to ease those concerns.
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It's one of the worst things that can happen to you on the road. You're minding your own business - someone crashes into you - and keeps going.
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We're On Your Side with legal words of wisdom if you're in the passenger's side of your best friend's ride.
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Parents in Madison are up in arms about Rocket City Armory, a locally-owned armory set to open just yards away from Midtown Elementary and Pre-School Primrose School of Madison.
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Police are still searching for the driver involved in the incident
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The legislative session continues in Montgomery on May 16.
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As part of Historic Preservation Month, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle joined a small group of people at the H.C. Blake Art and History Center Saturday.
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Dionne Mack has seen the death of her son Tyrell Spencer go from an unsolved mystery to the inspiration behind House Bill 45 legislation named in her son's memory.
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WAFF 48's D'Quan had a conversation with Madison Academy school president about the focus on school security, with the attack on Covenant Christian in Nashville still fresh in everyone's minds.
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Residents who live on Joe Phillips Road are sounding off about fast drivers speeding through the area.
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People in Huntsville gathered at Execuplex Mini Storage Sunday to ship donations overseas to Ukraine.
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We're On Your Side in Madison County where gunshots in a small neighborhood in Harvest have been disturbing the peace.
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Sheriff Joe Hamilton confirmed that 31-year-old Zachary Lambert of Greenhill faces several charges
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WAFF 48's D'Quan Lee talked with an expert who said what's happening to tenants in Florence could easily happen to anyone who's a renter.
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Residents of Gilbert Court Apartments in Florence are now having to look for other places to live after property management informed them that the complex was becoming student housing for the University of North Alabama.
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City Council members will discuss a new resolution on Thursday proposing six new grocery stores around the Huntsville area
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A group of local soldiers are getting ready to deploy overseas. Their mission will take them to the Balkans in southeast Europe.
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Would you believe the founder of Running 4 Heroes is only 14 years old?He drew his inspiration from another organization that honored the fallen and injured first responders from 9/11.
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Frustrated residents along Oak Grove Road in Ardmore are sounding off about the conditions of the road.
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Volunteer firefighters remain optimistic the project will still get done
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It can be hard to get people to sacrifice their time, but with the number of new subdivisions being built, the community will need more volunteers in the event of an emergency.
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With the second trial set to start Monday, one lawyer tells says the advantage now belongs to the defense.
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The Rebuild Alabama Act, otherwise known as the gas tax, was put in place in 2019 as a way to fund road projects across the state.
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According to a spokesperson for the police department, the incidents happened around 8 p.m.
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The community support has been big and that's something Krissy Devito says has helped her through this entire ordeal.
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As of right now, Darby is still in the Limestone County prison, but that could change quickly.
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With House Bill 1, officially passed and signed into today, there will be new mandatory minimum prison sentences for people who get caught with fentanyl.
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Sheriff Joe Hamilton identified the female as Virginia Mcdougal and the male as Dwayne Pigg.
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“I’m about to die. I really thought that I was going to get shot.”
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We're hearing from families who are thankful the situation wasn't worse.
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With winds of up to 160 miles per hour, it's a miracle nobody else was killed. Despite the tragedy, there are a lot of stories about heroes and people in the community who are helping neighbors and strangers.
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With 26 people killed from the storms in Mississippi and North Alabama, the American Red Cross is helping people whose lives have been changed by this disaster.
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An EF-2 tornado uprooted plenty of trees, leaving a lot of people with damaged and even completely destroyed homes. The family I spoke with had their home damaged as well, but under the circumstances, you can bet they're happy they can live to tell the tale of their close call with Mother Nature.
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William Darby was found guilty in May 2021 and sentenced to 25 years in prison in August 2021.
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Some Alabama lawmakers want to bring sports gambling to the state.
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With plans to build a brand new Madison County recreation center already in the works, we're finding out what is going to happen to the old centers once the new ones are complete.
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It may not seem that long ago, but tomorrow marks 3 years since the first confirmed case of COVID in Alabama. Since then, life has changed dramatically for everybody.
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One family's life was taken off-course after their home exploded in Madison County this afternoon.
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It's been one year since Russia launched their deadly invasion in Ukraine. Saturday, people gathered at Big Spring Park in Huntsville to show support for Ukraine, and it's people.
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For the first time, we're hearing from a parent whose child got sick after eating their school lunch, that the school provided.
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The jury determined this woman deserved this settlement even without knowing who pulled the trigger.
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One Madison County commissioner is making it her mission to help three local organizations protect families from homelessness.
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For years, people have been asking the city for more and they're about to get it.
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The ruling has domestic violence advocates very upset.
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If you live outside of Huntsville or Madison city limits, your water bill will be going to a new company soon.
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Joshua Knighten was arrested and charged with capital murder for a shooting that took place near Falkville Sunday night.
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Only 10 percent of inmates who applied for parole were granted it.
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