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In 2018 the Auburn Fire Department responded to over 5,000 calls. With only five fire stations, the department has four fire engines, two combination ladder and pumper trucks and one command vehicle.
In order to fund assistance for Alabama’s infrastructure, Governor Kay Ivey proposed and signed a gas tax increase in March, and this increase will take effect on Sunday, Sept. 1.
Construction is a common sight in downtown Auburn. Now it has taken over the historic War Eagle wall near J&M Bookstore as the Whatley Building, a five-story mixed-use development, is being built.
Opelika High School kicked off their second home game of the season with a lively pep rally Thursday evening in downtown Opelika. Surrounded by a plethora of food, businesses and proud parents, this event happens only once a year in order to cheer on the bulldogs before their big game with their long term rivals, Auburn High School.
Gov. Kay Ivey is apologizing for being involved in a racist skit when she was an Auburn student after audio from the 1960s emerged Thursday of Ivey’s then-fiance describing her being in blackface.
There’s usually a buzz in the air Saturday nights in downtown Auburn. Music from each of Auburn’s downtown bars spills into the street from their propped open doors.
Auburn citizens and members of the City Council met in the Auburn Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night to discuss the historic Cullars house. They were looking for ways to save the building.
An online petition has continued to gain signatures requesting Auburn city officials reroute a proposed Auburn Water Works Board pipeline, which is set to to run through Chewacla State Park. Over 3,000 people have signed the petition as of publication.
After experiencing two officer-involved shootings in the spring — one in February that injured an officer; the other in May which resulted in the death of officer William Buechner — the Auburn Police Division held a community dinner last week to discuss safety.
Sweat dripping down faces as shoppers make the short walk from their cars to the store where the wind from the cool air condition- ing hits them, almost pushing them back was a common sight this summer. Alabama aver- aged low to mid-90-degree weather, some- times venturing into triple digits, throughout the summer.
Mayor Ron Anders established the City of Auburn Diversity and Inclusion Task Force shortly after he was elected in October 2018. The task force quickly got to work planing a diversity and inclusion festival for 2019.
As talks of more buildings going up around Auburn increase, the City’s Parks and Recreation Department is bringing more green to the Plains.
Live music and the smoky smell of barbecue filled the lawn of the Greystone Mansion Saturday afternoon as vendors produced different meats for the second annual Auburn BBQ Fest.
It’s official. Chick-fil-A on Magnolia Ave. will serve its last chicken sandwich and lemonade in their current building on Saturday, Aug. 31.
The Auburn Police Division has released more information on the Auburn University graduate student that was reported missing Monday.
The Auburn City Council was in the center of contention as the cost of relocating the historic Cullars home was discussed along with amendments to a student housing ordinance.
The Auburn Police Division is looking for 21-year-old Auburn University student Chih-Kai Lai from Taiwan.
The cranes and scaffolding have come down. The beep of construction trucks in reverse, of tires rumbling over gravel and dirt, has quieted.
In the time between classes, or after getting home from school, some residents across Auburn have decided to skip their coffee break and instead engage in the virtual quest of trying to catch them all.
Buying textbooks for the fall 2019 semester was different for some students. One of Auburn’s oldest bookstores, J&M Bookstore, did not sell textbooks for this semester and plans not to sell them again.
