Huntsville International Airport + College World Series

Rise and shine, Huntsville! In today's Daily, we'll look at the latest from the Huntsville Airport, what's going on at Harrison Brothers Hardware, and see how Huntsville is represented in the College World Series.

First, today's weather:

Today will be a mix of sunny and thunderstorms with a chance of the storms getting more severe as the evening goes on. High: 88 Low: 65

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Our thoughts and prayers at the Huntsville Patch go out to the victims of the storms over the weekend in central and south Alabama and our friends at Tuscaloosa Patch.

Here are the top five stories in Huntsville today:

1. Huntsville is being considered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a location to land commercial space vehicles. The Huntsville Airport worked with Sierra Space in Nevada to put together a proposal where spacecraft would be launched from another location and would land on a runway Huntsville already has. (AL.com)
2. The Alabama chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association held “The Longest Game,” as part of the Alzheimer’s Association’s “The Longest Day.” The hockey game was set to last 8-12 hours and will be the longest hockey game in the history of the state of Alabama. They raised $9535. (Alzheimer’s Association)
3. Five baseball players from the Huntsville area are competing in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Havier Vas, Christian MacLeod, and Drew Talley are alums of Huntsville High School, Bob Jones has Mitchell Daly, and Jordan Beck is from Hazel Green. The final game will either be Tuesday, June 29 or Wednesday, June 30. (WAAY)
4. Head coach Cody Gross at Athens High School has added three new coaches to his team. Chris Massaro is a former strength and conditioning coach from LSU, Will Furlong was a coach in the German Football League, and Ervin Jackson joined from UWA. (Yahoo)
5. Harrison Brothers Hardware’s latest art exhibit is “Rooted in History.” The show is based in folk art traditions in Alabama. It is a partnership between the Historic Huntsville Society and John “Jahni” Moore. (Huntsville)

Today in Huntsville

• Limestone County Commission and Work Group Meetings (9 a.m.)
• Phantastic Phenomena Multi-Day Camp @ Cook Museum (10 a.m.)
• Kids Summer Academy @ Topgolf (9 a.m.)
• Ramona J’s Friends and Family Soft Opening (4 p.m.)
• Meet with District 4 Council member Bill Kling, Jr. for a town hall meeting @ the Downtown Huntsville Library (6 p.m.)

Huntsville Patch Notebook

• Madison County was ranked 14 out of counties in Alabama to retire to in a list by Niche and Stacker. (Details)
• The Trash Pandas had a winning weekend, beating Biloxi in both games of a double-header 3-2 and 6-1. (Details)
• The UAH College of Nursing open house will be tomorrow! Register here.

You're caught up from the weekend! I'll see you tomorrow morning with the latest.

-Amy