Family and friends are planning a fundraiser for a Madison County teenager in need of a double lung transplant.

Gerald McQueen, Jr. has cystic fibrosis. He was diagnosed as a child and has spent a great deal of time in the hospital.

Doctors recently told his family he needs a double lung transplant, which can cost more than $500, 000 dollars.

A fundraiser is planned for Sunday, May 19 at the Bob Jones High School Gym. The Family Fun Day will be from 12pm - 4pm. A family of 5 can attend for a $20 donation. 

Click here for Gerald's story and more information on the fundraiser.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- The U.S. military is warning its workers furloughs are coming as the Pentagon deals with budget cuts.

Tuesday afternoon, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel sent out a memo to the Defense Department's civilian employees.

It will be considerably less painful than they have warned, but it will still be a tough blow, essentially a pay cut for hundreds of thousands of workers.

Hagel said the Defense Department will furlough most of its civilian workers by up to 11 days between now and the end of the current fiscal year this fall.

This is part of the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration, which are coming into effect because congressional negotiators could not make a deal to trim the federal budget deficit.

Huntsville defense contractors who have been struggling to deal with, and plan for, sequester cuts say they are a dangerous and irresponsible way to work the country's books.

"Sports Night" is the show that got me interested in working at a TV station. I can guarantee you that I was the only eighth-grader in my little Texas middle school that was tuning into this show as religiously as I was. Come to think of it, I was probably the only person in the area watching it; "Sports Night" lasted two seasons before being unceremoniously canceled in 2000.

This is a shame because the concept had legs. Set behind the scenes of a nightly sports news show, "Sports Night" was the television debut for creator and head writer Aaron Sorkin, who would set up similar fly-on-the-wall shows "West Wing," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," and "The Newsroom."