Madison County Courthouse closes early, barricades put up

Madison County Courthouse closes early, barricades put up

Waay 31 is tracking another breaking news story in huntsville.

You can see barriers are in place outside of the madison county courthouse.

It closed early - at 3 p-m.

After seeing social media posts about a protest - waay 31 reached out to police and the city government.

Both of them told us they weren't aware of any permits for a protest tonight.

But we're now less than an hour away from when that event is scheduled to start.

Waay 31's casey albritton joins us from downtown huntsville now.

Casey - walk us through what you know, - huntsville fire and rescue have been out here for the last half hour filling up barricades in front of the courthouse with water- just incase the protest escalates tonight.

- madison county sheriffs officers are arriving as im speaking - on social media, the protest is called a peaceful protest, but the city officials say they will be keeping an eye on the downtown area.

- the city also told me as long as the protest is peaceful and doesnt break any laws, protestors have a right to come together... we're about an hour away from the scheduled protest start time... ill bring you more updates throughout the evening.

Live in huntsville, casey albritton waay 31