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The day started at 6 a.m. when Lowell Sands and his daughter Hallie Sands prepared to fly from Dallas, Texas, back to the Plains, to the place preparing for a pandemic that has altered the typical back-from-spring break routine and replaced it with a sense of urgency, a sense to drop everything and book the earliest flight on Sunday, March 15.
Wednesday, March 18, 4:05 p.m. clarification: A previous headline for this story made it seem like the library is closing because of the coronavirus. The library is not closing. The headline has been changed to more accurately reflect the content of this story.
Updated at 8:15 p.m. for the following correction: Ron Burgess is the executive vice president — not the chief operating officer as previously stated in the article.
Following Auburn University’s transition to online classes and the confirmation of coronavirus in Alabama, some churches in the Auburn-Opelika area with large college student populations have had to make decisions on how they will proceed with their services.
Creekwood Resources, the company that was pushing to build a quarry on the outskirts of Opelika, has withdrawn its permit and application to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has lowered the age minimum and waived the younger renter fee for college students affected by university campus closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a release from Enterprise.
Click here to see The Plainsman's full coverage of COVID-19 in the Auburn-Opelika area.
Click here to see The Plainsman's full coverage of COVID-19 in the Auburn-Opelika area.
Click here to see The Plainsman's full coverage of COVID-19 in the Auburn-Opelika area.
Charter Spectrum is offering free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 or college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription, according to a release from Charter Spectrum.
Click here to see The Plainsman's full coverage of COVID-19 in the Auburn-Opelika area.
Click here to see The Plainsman's full coverage of COVID-19 in the Auburn-Opelika area.
Auburn University Housing will allow some students to stay in their dorms during the COVID-19 campus closure, but most will have to retrieve belongings in their room on Sunday, March 15 between 12 and 4 p.m. and not return while campus is closed, according to an email sent by Auburn University Housing to on-campus residents and obtained by The Plainsman.
Pharmacies and grocery stores in Auburn are in short supply of items such as hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol and toilet paper because of the spread of COVID-19 into Alabama.
The City of Auburn has plans in place to allow the City to continue to operate, Mayor Ron Anders announced in a video statement released Thursday afternoon. This comes after the Auburn University announcement to transition to online instruction following spring break.
There will be no March Madness, College World Series and every remaining winter and spring NCAA championship. They've all been canceled, according to a statement by the NCAA.
Auburn University will transition to online classes until at least April 10 over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, per an email sent to students.
On Wednesday, the Southeastern Conference announced that the remainder of the 2020 Men’s Basketball Tournament was going to be played with limited attendance, closed to the general public.
Below, you’ll find information about symptoms of COVID-19, university and local resources and other information. Click here for live updates as the situation warrants on campus and in the community.
For the remainder of the 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, there will be no crowd noise, no bands playing in the background and no cheerleaders chanting on the baseline. The champion will be crowned in an empty arena.
