The Auburn Area Community Theatre is devoted to bringing popular productions to life.
The Auburn Planning Commission met Thursday, Feb. 12, at 5 p.m. to discuss changes to the Auburn area. Among the new proposals a review of the proposed site for a new Auburn Highs School was presented.
Five computer screens provide a backdrop as Auburn communications dispatchers take calls from the public and police. The communications division is responsible for running the 911 center, which includes dispatching all police and fire rescue.
Flashing red lights illuminate the night as Auburn Police Division officer Greg Miller approaches a car from the rear.
Nerves ran high as the 2015 SGA candidates prepared to take the stage Feb. 9, in the Student Center Ballroom. Each candidate was given the opportunity to present their platforms and discuss what makes them qualified to represent Auburn University and its students.
Saco has been closed for nine years, after the murder of its previous owner, Dick Salmon, who was shot during a robbery in 2005. Now, after a three-month process, the gas station located on the corner of Dean and Opelika Roads has been reopened.
The law that created the tax holiday was originally sponsored by Tuscaloosca's state Rep. Bill Poole of District 63 out of a desire to prepare citizens for severe storms, such as the one that struck Tuscaloosa in 2011, according to Speaker Mike Hubbard.
Auburn Public Works has taken the first steps to begin the widening of Moore's Mill Bridge, which spans over Interstate 85. The construction, expected to begin in late April or early May, will add 3 lanes of traffic to the already existing two-lane bridge. One lane in the center will be included, allowing traffic to turn left onto East University Drive.
Opelika-Auburn News will host the annual Bridal Expo on Sunday, Jan. 18 at the Auburn Mariott Opelika Hotel & Conference Center from 1-4 p.m.
An exchange of gunfire took place between 22-year-old Markale Hart and freshman Auburn football player Jakell Mitchell, courtroom testimony revealed. A preliminary hearing was held for Hart, who is charged with the murder of Mitchell, at the Lee County Justice Center on Jan. 13 to determine if there is enough evidence to bring him before a grand jury.
