🌱 HSV Man Makes Medical History + "Beat Bobby Flay" Results

Up and at 'em, Huntsville! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on in town today, including:

• Huntsville man makes medical history
• "Beat Bobby Flay" Huntsville contestant results
• New grants coming to area projects

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and cold. High: 37 Low: 19.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Huntsville:

1. Huntsville native Jim Parsons made history this week receiving pig kidneys. Parsons was tragically declared brain dead after an accident in September, but has become the person to receive two genetically modified pig kidneys, and what scientists learn from Parsons could change transplants as we know them. (WAAY)
2. Chef Adyre Mason starred in “Beat Bobby Flay” in her Food Network debut last night! Mason’s Huntsville restaurant, The Veggie, opened last year and is the largest all-vegan full-service restaurant in the city. Unfortunately, Mason was not chosen to continue into round two to compete against Bobby Flay, but being on the show for a fully vegan episode is nothing shy of amazing. Congrats Chef Mason! (Veg Out Magazine)
3. James Clemens students in the Science National Honor Society are putting on a science fair March 3, but not for the high school students. The teens wanted to make sure the students behind them get the opportunity to have fun and enjoy science, so the fair is open to kindergarten through eighth grade! (themadisonrecord.com)
4. Huntsville received $1.35 million from the Alabama Transportation and Rehabilitation and Improvement Program. The money will be used for the project to widen Governor’s Drive. (WHNT)
5. Athens was awarded a grant by Governor Ivey from the Community Development Block Grant. The city received $500,000 for improvements planned for Vine Street. (News Courier)

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Today in Huntsville:

• CyberPatriot XIV Competition Semi Finals (All Day)
• Lee vs Mae Jemison - Basketball (6:00 PM)
• Columbia vs Hazel Green - Basketball (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Check out the five Madison County students nominated by Senator Richard Shelby to U.S service academies. (Details)
• Here are the Huntsville Arts & Culture Grant recipients this year. (Details)
• Congrats to Decatur’s Dawson Fite on being named the area’s Bryant-Jordan Scholarship winner! (Details)
• Click here to find out more about ordering your free at-home COVID tests!
• The new Hampton Inn & Suites Huntsville Downtown is finally open! (Details)
• Around $15,000 was donated between GHHS and HAS in honor of Betty White’s 100th birthday Monday! (GHHS Details/HAS Details)

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I'm so sorry about the unexpected days off this week, but I'm so excited to be back sharing the latest in Huntsville with you! We're all caught up for today! I'll see you soon.

— Amy Young