College World Series + Big Spring Park

fRise and shine, Rocket City! In today's Daily, we'll take a look at Huntsville in the College World Series, another Huntsville native that has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, and what's going on at Big Spring Park!

First, today's weather:

Today will be partly cloudy with the ever-present threat of a summer shower! The high is 91 and the low is 70.

Here are the top five stories in Huntsville today:

1. The former Automatic SMP plant in Decatur will be closing. The company was acquired by Stanley Black & Decker in 2018 and they will be moving the manufacturing to California. The plant in Decatur has been open since 1948 and currently has 90 employees. (Yahoo)
2. In the past week, Madison County has had five wrecks with fatalities. According to the Madison County Coroner, Tyler Berryhill, this is a significant increase in fatal wrecks. Three involved pedestrians being hit by vehicles and the other two were fatalities inside the vehicle. (WHNT)
3. Two former Huntsville High School baseball teammates will face each other in the College World Series championship matchup after several players on North Carolina State tested positive for COVID-19. Christian MacLeod will be pitching for Mississippi State in game one to play against Javier Vaz and his team, Vanderbilt. The finals will be Monday and Tuesday with a third game Wednesday if it becomes necessary. (WAAY)
4. Over the weekend, there were a number of fish found dead at Big Spring Park. According to the City of Huntsville, this is due to the repairs being done on a storm culvert on Church Street requiring a bypass pump. (WHNT)
5. The new Athens Elementary building that will house the iAcademy is in the works, and the board expects to announce the low bidders for the subcontracts at their next meeting scheduled for July 22. It will be a one-story building that spans around 66,000 square feet and hold 600 students. (News Courier)

Today in Huntsville

• 2021 Military Appreciation Night Concert in the Park @ Big Spring International Park- Join the city for a concert and fireworks! (6:30 p.m.)
• Havoc Youth Camp- Boys and girls ages 8-13 are welcome! (9 a.m.)
• Madison City Council Meeting (6 p.m.)
• Kids Summer Academy 2021 @ Topgolf Huntsville- Junior golfers ages 6-12 can join this five-day academy to improve their game. (9 a.m.)

Huntsville Patch Notebook

• JuVaughn Harrison, a Huntsville native at LSU, has qualified for both the long jump and the high jump in the Tokyo Olympics! (Details)
• JJ Kaplan, a well-known former UAH Charger basketball player, has signed to play professional basketball for Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C. in Israel. (Details)
• According to the Alabama Sheriff’s Youth Ranch, one of the children killed in the accident last week was a 17-year-old Huntsville girl. (Details)
• Marshall Plotka, M.D. has agreed to plead guilty in the federal case against him just in time to avoid the trial. (Details)
• The Madison County Rockets 6- and 7-year-olds are raising money to make it to the Little League World Series! (Details)

You're all ready to step into the week! I'll see you tomorrow with a new update.

-Amy