🌱 Food Giveaway Ahead of Easter + Registered Voter List Update

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note. Today's Daily features:

• A food giveaway this weekend in time for Easter
• An update on the situation of where to publish the registered voter list
• A former Decatur teacher agrees to pay restitution to the school system

First, today's weather:

Windy; a stray p.m. t-storm. High: 80 Low: 55.

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Here are the top stories in Huntsville today:

1. A former Decatur teacher has agreed to pay $100,000 in restitution to the school system. Carrie Witt pled guilty to having sex with a minor student, and the school system had to keep paying her at the time until her termination could be processed. (WAFF)
2. Union Chapel Missionary Baptist will be handing out 400 food boxes this weekend. This will be Saturday starting at 8 a.m., and it is first come first served. (WHNT)
3. United Women of Color, a Madison County nonprofit that advocates for women of color, has offered to pay half of the cost to allow the registered voter list to be put in a second publication, Speakin’ Out News, a free, Black-owned publication in Huntsville. The Madison County Commission discussed the high cost of allowing publications other than the Huntsville Times to publish the list on March 30. (Alabama Political Reporter)
4. The Valley's Top Teacher this week is Mrs. Angela Walker of Madison Cross Roads Elementary. She has been teaching at the school for over 30 years. Congrats Mrs. Walker! (WZDX)

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Today in Huntsville:

• Huntsville Zoning Committee Meeting (7:30 AM)
• Cocktails @ the View (5:00 PM)
• Glow in the Dark Egg Hunt @ Union Grove First Baptist (6:00 PM)
• Huntsville Tetris League Night @ Sidetracks Music Hall (6:00 PM)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Wednesday! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update.

— Amy Young