During the Committee of the Whole before Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, Ward 3 Council Member Beth Witten proposed that the Council suspend its rules for appointing someone to the Auburn City Schools Board of Education.
Beauregard residents are struggling and grieving a year after deadly tornadoes ripped through their homes, killing 23 of their neighbors and loved ones. “I knew it was going to be difficult," said William Baugh. "I just didn’t expect it to be this bad."
Beauregard and Smiths Station lost 23 lives on March 3, 2019. Yesterday, they were gathered in memory to honor those they cherished through spirit, speech and song.
The proposed ordinance was to increase the mayor’s salary to $45,000 per year.
Doug Cannon won the Republican primary for the District 1 seat on the Lee County Commission defeating Republican F.D. "Butch" Brock.
Former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions are heading to a runoff for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
The polls opened at 7 a.m. and continued running until 7 p.m. The Clarion Inn, one of five polling locations in Auburn, was filled with voters at 6 p.m. Many voters said the polls were still running smoothly and quickly.
The minute of silence began at 2:03 p.m. — the exact time that the tornado hit Smiths Station last year.
Opelika’s primary goal with their recycling campaign is to educate the public on how to properly recycle, McAllister said. When in doubt, throw it out. Plastic bags and Styrofoam cannot go through a single-stream recycling system, though they can be recycled in the recycling centers.
After weeks of strong opposition to a proposed quarry on the outskirts of Opelika, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management announced Friday that a public hearing will take place on March 31 in the Opelika Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m.
Auburn’s fourth annual Mardi Gras Parade will be held this Saturday from 2–5 p.m.
The Council directed the City's Planning Department to research and review student housing in Auburn to determine what further action, if any, needs to be taken to ensure there is not an overabundance of student housing in Auburn.
The Auburn City Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting the City of Opelika’s opposition to the quarry at their meeting Tuesday night.
Residents in Lee County will have the opportunity to voice their opinions about the quarry that could be built on the outskirts of Opelika.
The Feet on the Street campaign is a month-long campaign during which the City will examine residents’ recycling cans for contaminants, said Environmental Services Director Catrina Cook.
Demarrius Travell Bridges, 23, of Opelika, is charged with attempted murder, according to the Auburn Police Division.
Any Alabama resident who is a citizen of the U.S., is at least 18 years old on or before election day, does not have a felony conviction that prevents them from voting and has not been declared mentally incompetent by a court is eligible to vote.
Shots were fired near Evergreen apartments, leaving one person injured, according to Auburn University's Campus Safety.
The Senior Citizen Valentine Ball, held from 4-8 p.m. Saturday night, was organized by the Northwest Auburn Task Force and spearheaded by Sheryl Parker and Council member Connie Fitch-Taylor as a way to gather seniors together and build community.
