Matthew King
Reporter
Huntsville, AL
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Matthew King joined the WAFF 48 News Team in June 2022. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and interned for WLVT in Knoxville, TN. Watch Matthew weekday evenings as he reports from the Huntsville metro area.
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On Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey signed house bill 261 into law. Last year, lawmakers passed legislation requiring high school athletes to compete against their biological sex. Now, that rule applies to college sports as well.
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Council president Jacob Ladner said the City Council hopes to acquire the cemeteries to preserve their historical value.
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Governor Kay Ivey released a statement Tuesday about the home of Space Command headquarters:
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In October 2022, school board members voted to close the school, citing cost concerns.
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As more people move to North Alabama, more court cases are added to the docket and court officials say there just aren’t enough judges to take them all on.
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Ahead of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department’s press conference about a 1997 cold case, the case’s now-retired lead investigator reflected on the challenges of the evidence.
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University of Alabama in Huntsville professors Dr. Wafa Orman and Dr. Brinda Mahaligham say lawmakers have three options to handle the issue with the debt ceiling.
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Residents in the downtown Russel Erskine apartments claim dozens of apartments do not have working HVAC units.
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Linda Hartley and her family still can’t believe the news. Hartley’s great-grandson Kason “Sonny” Grady was found unresponsive by Athens police in a local apartment complex on Friday. Police say they rushed the toddler to the hospital, where he later died.
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A new report from NBC is sparking reactions on both sides of the aisle in Washington.
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Lawmakers are attempting to address a state-wide shortage of first responders by introducing a new bill
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Senator Tommy Tuberville claims he will continue to block military promotions until the Biden administration puts an end to the military’s current abortion policy. The policy provides money to female service members to travel and receive an abortion.
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Officials with TVA released the after action report related to mass outages near the Holiday weekend in 2022.
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A proposed bill could change who can access police body cam video in Alabama. These videos can show the split-second decisions officers make in the field, and what really happens to the public. House bill 289 would guarantee some members of the public access to these videos.
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According to a spokesperson for the City of Athens, deputies with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from Athens Fire, removed the inmate from the roof safely.
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JP Morgan has officially taken over First Republic Bank which is now the third major bank to fail since March and the second-largest bank in U.S. history to fail.
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Authorities in Texas said suspected shooter Francisco Oropesa bypassed over 150 law enforcement agents, and they currently have “no leads” on where he could be.
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Mason Sisk was found guilty on Thursday by a Limestone County jury.
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There have been nearly 30 witnesses to take the stand in the trial as it begins its eighth day on Wednesday.
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The fifth day of the trial of an Elkmont teen accused of murdering five members of his family began on Friday.
Mason Sisk was arrested and charged in 2019 for murdering five members of his family when he was 14 years old.
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After multiple rounds of questioning Monday, the striking process of potential jurors began Tuesday for the second trial of Mason Sisk.
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Lawmakers advanced House Bill 191 out of committee on Wednesday. If the bill becomes a law, it would create harsher penalties for gang-related crimes.
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The trial for a Limestone County teen accused of killing his entire family will start Monday morning.
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The sheriff’s office confirmed the suspect was related to all victims in the shooting.
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The Limestone County School Board voted to spend over $130,000 to install smart sensors in high school bathrooms.
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Over two weeks after a tornado touched down in parts of Lauderdale county, the U.S. Small Business Administrations offering relief to those who can’t cover the cost of the damage cleanup.
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Officers with the Ider Police Department were led on a vehicle pursuit that resulted in the arrest of two people on Sunday night.
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“Any kind of threat, we take that seriously."
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The Tennessee Valley has witnessed 10 tornadoes over the last two weeks. The storms have left thousands without power and has called on utility workers across the Valley to fix the outages.
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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency arrested Juan Laws and charged him with capital murder after two Huntsville Police officers were shot on Tuesday.
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Lauderdale County residents are continuing to pick up the damage left behind by an EF-2 tornado late Friday night.
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Shane Mansell and Michael Hall said they are proof that firefighters are always ready, no matter the occasion.
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For decades, an Athens man and his family lived in a home right off of Hwy. 72. That is same home burned down on Tuesday night.
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Sunday evening, Decatur Mayor Tab Bowling shared on Facebook that developers are working on plans for a new riverside development near Ingalls Harbor.
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A vocal Decatur resident asked councilman Hunter Pepper to resign during Monday’s city council meeting.
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Several Alabama mayors are asking the state of Alabama to explain its online sales tax.
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City representatives told WAFF the construction of Huntsville’s new city hall is on track to be completed by summer 2024, after starting in 2021.
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Labor force participation data shows under 60 percent of capable workers currently have a job. To put it in perspective, the same data suggests that number was around 65 percent before the year 2000.
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Huntsville Police are investigating the death of 22-year-old Keshaun Middlebrooks
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Charlie Hodle told WAFF 48 he felt satisfaction when his former doctor was sentenced to twenty years in prison Tuesday.
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After finding out she was liable for damage to her home from her neighbor’s tree, Maria Flores thought she was out of luck.
A neighbors tree crashed into Maria Flores’s home on Moulton street on Friday
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The nationwide company American Car Center folded last week, leaving buyers from the locations in North Alabama worried about what happens next.
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Mike Blakely will serve his sentence in the Franklin County Jail
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Tim Wyant’s resignation will be effective as of March 23, 2023
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Paschal Conley was awarded 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army almost 124 years ago. He was never officially promoted to the rank until Wednesday at the Von Braun Center.
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Senator Tommy Tuberville traveled to the Rocket City to give his “Washington Update” to North Alabamians. In his address, he mentioned the urgency of three topics.
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Civil Rights Pioneer Annie Pearl Avery traveled to Huntsville for the first time in her life spreading awareness for the education of black history.
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Military investigators are looking into the cause of the fatal helicopter crash that happened in Harvest on Wednesday afternoon.
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