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Two suspects arrested after string of robberies in downtown Auburn

Nineteen-year-old Tommie L. Tyson Jr. and 18-year-old John L. Kennedy, both of Loachapoka, were arrested on three counts of second degree robbery on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Auburn Police responded to reports of victims being assaulted and property being taken from them along Armstrong Street, West Thach and East Glenn Avenue at between 11:30 a.m.

The Auburn Plainsman

Come Home to the Corner continues

The City of Auburn recently implemented the idea of a continuous Come Home to the Corner celebration. The original event, which took place in August, was a night honoring the re-opening of Toomer’s Corner downtown after months on construction. The opening was such a hit that it was decided to continue every Friday night before a home football game.

City Council Aug. 2014 (Raye May | Photo Editor)

UPDATE: Dowdell outraged by city council election results, claiming voter fraud

Councilmember Arthur Dowdell was defeated by challenger Clemon Byrd in the Auburn City Council election held Aug. 26. Dowdell, who has served four terms on the council since 1994, only garnered 147 votes to Byrd's 246. Dowdell announced his intention to dispute the results.Dowdell also said there was voter fraud. He claimed a woman named Ann Torbert was turned away because someone had already voted in her name. Torbert, when reached by phone, claimed someone with the name Tarbert had voted in her place. "The poll worker had scratched out my name and respelled it," Torbert said, "And there wasn't even a Tarbert anywhere else on the list." Despite the irregularity Torbert said she was allowed to cast a vote.

The Auburn Plainsman

Students express opinions on the future of downtown

As the City Council continues to meet to determine the future of downtown Auburn, students speak their minds on the matter of the possible new urbanism in Auburn. Stone Ray, freshman in architecture, has lived in the new 160 North Ross Street apartment complex for a month. According to Ray, he could not ask for a better living situation.