With clearer skies on the horizon, you may want to step outside this week to catch a glimpse of the Comet PanSTARRS. It will be viewable with the naked eye in the early evening over the next several days.  It  should be about as bright as most stars in the Big Dipper.  Each evening,  it will be a little farther to the right in the sky, and gradually over the next  few days, it will begin to grow dimmer.

PanSTARRS should be only one of two comets visible to the naked eye in 2013.  It is also believed to be on a ~100,000 year orbit... Pretty rare.

Click here to read more and get tips on catching a glimpse...

The city of Athens received inquiries about when it will observe Halloween and whether children should trick or treat over the weekend. Mayor Ronnie Marks said that since Halloween is on a Monday, the city will observe it on Monday.
 
There are a variety of Halloween activities in the city on Halloween.

Downtown merchants are giving out candy to spooks from 3 to 5 p.m. The Limestone County Department of Human Resources is holding a trunk or treat in its parking lot on Market Street across from the Post Office from 6 to 9 p.m.

Have a safe and wonderful Halloween on Monday, October 31st.

Officers from multiple agencies chased a semi truck on Interstate 65 through three counties Thursday afternoon.

Police say it started in Cullman County when the driver of the 18-wheeler did not stop when an officer tried to pull him over.

Further down the road officers used spike strips to stop the truck, but the driver kept going after hitting the strips.

Several of the tires came off, but he kept driving north on the interstate through Morgan and Limestone Counties.

Officers were able to stop him at exit 365 near the Alabama/Tennessee state line and took the driver into custody.

He identified himself as Anton Barvinok. He told witnesses at the scene that he was in a fight between good and evil and that he won.