Did you catch the Lede last week? Here just five news stories from the Huntsville area that you might have missed if you didn’t.

· In our Sunday Q&A HSV State Senator Tom Butler talked about how the fight to preserve the famously deteriorating rest stop rocket is not over yet.

· Scott Turner, the Lede reporter in Huntsville, jumped into our new Political Connections series by asking 5 Questions with Huntsville State Rep. Rex Reynolds

· Turner also continued his ongoing coverage of growth in the Huntsville area with a story about how new schools are needed in the city, but it’s up in the air where they will be built.

· We continued with week 2 of the every-Friday Lede College Football Picks contest.

· Continuing our coverage of what’s being built where, Turner wrote about more than $62 million in permits issued for projects in the Huntsville area.

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