Tampa Bay Buccaneers + Brittany Howard

Happy Monday, Huntsville! In today's Daily, we'll look at who is talking about Cook Museum, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Athens, and find out what Brittany Howard did this weekend!

First, today's weather:

The heat wave is sticking around today, so be sure to stay cool! High: 93 Low: 66

Here are the top five stories in Huntsville today:

1. Two students at Sparkman High School were among 600 students to be named National Cyber Scholars. Over 30,000 students applied and only 5,000 were selected to participate in the first round of the competition. The scholars receive a $2500 scholarship and an invitation to take part in a skill building and certification class. (WZDX)
2. Cook Museum was recognized as USA Today’s Best New Museum for 2021. The museum is in Downtown Decatur and opened in 2019. (WAAY)
3. Madison City Schools has announced that they will stop requiring masks on June 1. This will be for both students and employees and will affect summer classes. (WAFF)
4. In April, Limestone County’s unemployment rate dropped to 2%, which is the lowest the county has seen in five years. At the height of the pandemic last April, their unemployment was at 10.7%. According to these numbers, Limestone has recovered from the pandemic in regards to unemployment. (Yahoo)
5. Joshua Pearson, Super Bowl champion and wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, held a football camp at Austin High School, his alma mater. He wants to encourage kids to see that they can work hard and get where he is, and he loves giving back to the community that helped build him. (WAAY)

Today in Huntsville

• Madison City Council Meeting (5 p.m.)
• Learn about Redistricting in Alabama- Huntsville Area Edition- Learn about how the state will redistrict state legislative districts for the Alabama House of Representatives and the Senate (7 p.m.)
• Monday Movie on the Lawn @ Stovehouse- This week’s movie is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! (7 p.m.)

Huntsville Patch Notebook

• The Trash Pandas have announced a day camp June 21-25 for ages 5-12. (Sign up here)
• The Berkley Bassmaster Elite is going to be on Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro this weekend!
• Street artist ARCY painted a tribute board of Grammy winner Brittany Howard in her hometown of Athens, and Howard made an appearance to see the painting! (Details)
• Three North Alabama counties made it on the list of top 12 Alabama counties with the highest median household income. Below number 12 were counties below the state median
• Huntsville got second.
• Limestone got fourth.
• Morgan got eleventh.

You're caught up on the weekend and ready for today, Huntsville! Be sure to come back tomorrow so you don't miss out on anything!

-Amy