🌱 Huntsville High Band Invited to London + Friday Night Football

Good morning, everybody. It's Friday in Huntsville and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on the most important things happening locally, including news about:

• Huntsville High band is headed to London in 2024
• The latest on the Madison Street Festival
• Tonight's football games

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But first, your daily weather:

Partly sunny. High: 78 Low: 47.

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Here are the top stories today in Huntsville:

1. St. Zita Disaster Relief and Recovery in Huntsville has organized a supply drive to assist those affected by Hurricane Ian. They will be collecting household goods and monetary donations from October 3-9 at several locations around the area. When they deliver the supplies, the organization will also be helping with cleanup and rebuilding. (WAAY)
2. A former Huntsville man, Igor Slobodskyi, has been charged with international parental kidnapping for allegedly removing his two children from the United States to prevent another parent from exercising their parental rights. Slobodskyi was extradited from Germany back to the States and was charged in a federal court. (WZDX)
3. The Huntsville High School Marching Panther Band has been personally invited by the London Mayors’ Association to participate in the 2024 New Year’s Day Parade in London, England. 2024 is predicted to be one of the largest in the event’s history and will feature over 8,000 performers from around the world. As of now, we will be able to show our support from here in the States by watching on PBS. (WZDX)
4. The Madison Street Festival is tomorrow! Make sure you are aware there will be road closures tomorrow morning for the parade starting at 8:45 on Sullivan and Mill Roads, and they’ll reopen once the parade passes through. Main Street will remain closed until 4 p.m. at the conclusion of the festival. (Madison, Alabama)

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Today in Huntsville:

• Huntsville Comic Convention (11:00 AM)
• Friday Night Pre-Auto Show and Party CRUISE-IN (5:00 PM)
• Scarecrow Trail Night Hikes - Huntsville Botanical Garden (6:30 PM)
• UAH Charger Tipoff (7:00 PM)
• Epic Comedy Hour - September 30th - Theatre Huntsville (8:00 PM)

Friday Night Football

• Grissom vs. Austin (7:00 PM)
• Lee vs. Fort Payne (7:00 PM)
• Columbia vs Decatur - Columbia Homecoming (7:00 PM)
• Jemison Football vs Buckhorn (7:00 PM)
• Huntsville High vs Albertville (7:00 PM)

If you have an event, feel free to visit our website and add it to the Huntsville Calendar! It is completely free and easy to do. Unfortunately with the volume of requests I get, I cannot manually add them all to the Daily, but this is a way to ensure your event makes it in the newsletter.

From my notebook:

• The City Of Huntsville has released a transit survey! If you have a couple of minutes, make sure to fill it out. (Details)
• Auditions for “Clue” will be held by Theatre Huntsville starting THIS SUNDAY, October 2, starting at 3 p.m. (Details)
• The new Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama fitness court is now open in Decatur! You can find the outdoor facility at Wilson Morgan Park. (Details)

Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow for your next update.

— Amy Young

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Huntsville Daily? Contact me at huntsville@patch.com