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Hometown hero lends helping hands and heart to feed community

By Taylor Ennis | News Reporter | April 10

A large warehouse sits on Industrial Road. It's packed to the brim with mountains of boxed food and stocked shelves. It is the East Alabama Food Bank.

Auburn Real Food Challenge's Community Garden

By Ashtyne Cole | Community Editor | April 10

They gather in the Auburn Community Garden, run by the Auburn Real Food Challenge with help from the College of Agriculture. With 60,000 square feet and over 100 plots, the garden is a place for members of the community to garden and commune with other gardeners.

Bark in the Park 2014

By Chandler Jones | Community Editor | April 7

Hundreds of dog barks could be heard near Kiesel Park at the City of Auburn's annual Bark in the Park on Saturday, April 5, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bark in the Park celebrates responsible dog ownership and provided rabies vaccines for $10.

Storybrook Farms helps disabled children in fairytale setting

By Ashtyne Cole | Community Editor | April 5

Down a few winding back roads in Opelika, Storybook Farms sits nestled between large green trees and rolling plains of grass.

Local businesses provide discounts for students on a budget

By Ashtyne Cole | Community Editor | April 4

A multitude of aspects tear a tiny budget in many different directions. Auburn estimated student expenses for the year of 2013-2014, with the total cost of an in-state resident being $28,098 and non-resident being $44,610. However, that only accounts for tuition, room and board, books, "personal" and transportation.

International student and medical researcher dreams of farming

By Justin Ferguson | Managing Editor | April 3

On an acre of land behind the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Fu Zhao is living out his dream. While he spends his days devoting himself to cancer research at Tuskegee University, the Chinese international's passion for helping others can be found just outside the four walls of the East Alabama Medical Center.

Renew Opelika Road project aims to attract new businesses

By Nickolaus Hines | Community Reporter | April 2

According to Auburn Planning Department principal planner Justin Steinnman, the plan proposes to make improvements from the start of Opelika Road on Gay Street to the road's city limits.

City Council looks forward to reelections

By Nickolaus Hines | Community Reporter | April 1

Two members of the City Council, including Mayor Bill Ham, made it clear they will run for reelection this year at the City Council meeting on April 1. Elections for Auburn city government officials are held on even-numbered years on the fourth Tuesday in August.

UPDATED: Sexual assault reported for weekend of March 29-30

April 1

The report, filed anonymously by a Safe Harbor employee who spoke directly to the victim, states that the alleged assault took place in a campus dormitory after the victim drank a non-alcoholic beverage at an on-campus party. The victim claims to have no memory after that.

Opelika's Yarnhouse Studio teaches the trade of knitting and crochet

By Ashtyne Cole | Community Editor | March 29

Cary Curtiss' Yarnhouse Studio seems like a place reminiscent of an older time. Walking across the dark wooden floor, you'll pass a spinning wheel, complete with a spindle that would rival Sleeping Beauty's.

Harman Family Farms provide fresh produce for local restaurants

By Taylor Ennis | News Reporter | March 29

Chris Harman, along with his wife, Rita, founded the farm eight years ago as a side business to earn extra money for their daughter, Megan, 23, senior in communication disorders at Auburn University.

Trail renovations and additions for Chewacla State Park

By Chandler Jones | Community Editor | March 28

The city temporarily loaned $100,000 to CAMP to renovate existing trails and begin building new ones, as part of the federal Recreational Trails Program (RTP), which allows nonprofits to receive a grant of $125,000 to be matched by the organization for recreational trail building.

UPDATED: Three freshmen arrested for burglary of Jordan-Hare Stadium locker room

March 27

The APD arrested the three men, all freshmen at Auburn University, on felony warrants of alleged third-degree burglary and first-degree theft of property. The arrests resulted from an investigation by the APD into a March 22 theft of property report from a building in the 200 block of South Donahue Drive.

Downtown Auburn Master Plan nears completion

By Nickolaus Hines | Community Reporter | March 27

As the Auburn Downtown Master Plan is nearing completion, Auburn residents should expect to see renovations before the end of summer.

Toomer's Corner begins first phase of renovations

By Derek Herscovici | Campus Reporter | March 27

The corner of College and Magnolia, empty since Harvey Updyke poisoned the soil as revenge for the 2010 Iron Bowl, is entering the first stages of renovations and construction.

This Week in Crime

March 26

Police reports syndicated by the City of Auburn

Two men pronounced dead after head-on collision on Shug Jordan

By Ashtyne Cole | Community Editor | March 25

Two Notasulga men are dead as a result of a head-on collision that occurred this morning, March 25, on Shug Jordan Parkway in Auburn. Rodney Harcum Sr., 53, and Joel Christopher Finney, 27, were travelling east on Shug Jordan Parkway in a 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix when they were hit head-on by Latasha Hall. Hall, 26, of Tuskegee, was driving west on Shug Jordan Parkway when her 2003 Honda CRV encountered a 2009 Toyota Corolla driving in the same direction.

Earthfest celebrates environmental awareness with music for students and community

By Chandler Jones | Community Editor | March 24

"It's like Auburn's own little version of Woodstock," said Jack Gray, senior in electrical engineering of the 2014 Earthfest held March 22 at the Donald E. Davis Arboretum.