WEATHER

Showers and thunderstorms likely today. Highs in the mid-80s. Light winds. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Sixty percent chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. Lows around 70.

AROUND THE COUNTY

Saturday: Sheriff’s Coffee Call

The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office Coffee Call will be held from 8-9 a.m. Saturday at the Sheriff’s Office for all current and former employees of law enforcement and support staff.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY

For all you farmers out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H7zOQrX3U

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY:

Local and area news:

Coca-Cola production halted in Huntsville

Big Springs, Inc. announced Tuesday it will discontinue soft drink production at its Clinton Avenue facility in Huntsville by late summer.

The move will impact about 87 employees, according to a press release.

http://enewscourier.com/local/x471593379/Big-Springs-to-phase-out-Huntsville-production

House democrats to fight districting in D.C.

Democrats in the Alabama House have decided to fight new legislative districts in Washington rather than in the state.

http://enewscourier.com/local/x333932788/Alabama-House-Democrats-to-fight-districts-in-D-C

News Courier staff honored with 37 press awards

The News Courier staff was honored Saturday by the Alabama Press Association at its Better Newspaper Contest banquet in Destin, Fla. The editorial staff won 10 awards and the advertising staff won four awards, for a total of 37 awards this year in three contests.

http://enewscourier.com/local/x333933176/News-Courier-staff-honored-with-37-press-awards

 

Around the state:

Man survives jump to I-85 in Montgomery

Police in Montgomery say a man survived jumping off an overpass onto Interstate 85 during rush hour.

http://enewscourier.com/local/x333932942/Man-survives-jump-to-I-85-in-Montgomery

Nation:

Health care: Mandate waiver for some low-income people

The Obama administration says low-income residents in states that decide to opt out of a big Medicaid expansion in the new health care law will not risk federal penalties as an unintended consequence.

http://enewscourier.com/statenews/x471593813/Health-care-Mandate-waiver-for-some-low-income-people

 

WATER COOLER

Washington man eats steel bristle during barbecue

A Tacoma man says he needed emergency surgery after accidentally eating a steel bristle from a grill brush he used during a barbeque.

http://enewscourier.com/statenews/x1146336892/Man-accidentally-eats-steel-bristle-during-BBQ