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Concourse/south to begin tomorrow in Opelika

By Alex Hosey | Staff Writer | August 19

The second annual Opelika arts and music festival Concourse/south will begin tomorrow and last all week. The event will feature both local and national musical acts, art exhibitions from local artists, a market consisting of local crafts and food vendors and activities for all ages over the course of ...

Eclipse viewing parties around Auburn

By Lily Jackson | Managing Editor | August 18

On Aug. 21, a solar eclipse will cast a shadow of unbelievable size on Auburn.

Auburn begins new downtown valet parking service with a free weekend

By Staff Report | August 18

After conducting two test runs this summer, Auburn will begin a yearlong “extended test” today to determine whether a downtown valet service will help alleviate parking woes, according to a statement put out by the City.  Valet parking will be offered by the City for free today, Friday, Aug.18, through Sunday, Aug.

Police investigating whereabouts of two teens

By Staff Report | August 16

Auburn Police are looking for two teens who possibly left their residence because of an impending custody hearing.

Parking services to launch new parking app

By Jon Smithart | Staff Writer | August 16

From increasing the accessibility of campus from far away parking to adding new technology, Andrae said Parking Services is keeping the students' needs first. 

City Council approves parking deck and changes to parking meters

By Alex Hosey | Staff Writer | August 16

The Auburn City Council unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions to construct a new parking deck to be located at 135 North College St. as well as changes to City parking meters at their meeting on Tuesday. Details of the memorandum were presented ...

Less is Moore: Luther Strange and Roy Moore to continue battle in primary runoff

By Sam Willoughby | Community Editor | August 15

Amid low voter turnout, the long road that has been the U.S. Senate race for Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former seat just got a little bit longer.

Frustrated with Washington, voters head to the polls for Senate primary

By Chip Brownlee | Editor-in-chief | August 15

Voters in Auburn began heading to the polls Tuesday to vote in the U.S. Senate special election primary.

Best Buddies Program: 'A blessing'

By Katie Clark | Lifestyle Writer | August 15

There is no other organization like the Best Buddies Program here at Auburn. Best Buddies was first established in 1993 with only 20 members and continues to be an organization focused on its mission.

Hogs for Dogs: Biker group holds charity event

By Rowland Sauls | Staff Writer | August 15

On Saturday, August 14 the Public Works Charity Riders and the Lee County Humane society came together in a joint effort to hold the fifth annual Hogs for Dogs event.

Summer Construction Update

By Chris Heaney | Campus Reporter | August 14

Mell Street Classrooms This new building began construction in December of 2015 with a $35 million budget and was completed last month.

Downtown offers new valet service

By Jon Smithart | Staff Writer | August 14

The city decided to test a valet service for the attendees of the Summernight Downtown Art Walk. It was so successful that a year-long contract to keep the valet service going was passed.

High-speed chase ends with spike strips deployed in Auburn

By Chip Brownlee | Editor-in-chief | August 12

The Lee County Sheriff's Office arrested three men early Friday morning.

Opelika man charged with burglary, theft of property

By Staff Report | August 11

Mobile Police took Boyd into custody on Aug. 5 and he was extradited back to Auburn on Aug. 10. Boyd is being held at Lee County Jail on an $8,000 bond. 

Sex offender charged with registration, community notification violations

By Staff Report | August 11

William Pilkington was arrested on Aug. 10 by the Auburn Police Division with help from the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Task Force. 

Lee County Literacy Coalition hosts fundraising spelling bee

By Chris Heaney | Staff Writer | August 10

“It’s not a traditional spelling bee, it’s a speed spelling bee,” Money said. “The spellers have a minute and a half to spell as many common but commonly misspelled words as possible.”

New highway safety campaign decreases deaths by over 50 percent

By Rowland Sauls | Staff Writer | August 9

A high visibility traffic safety campaign in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina led to a decrease in Alabama deaths.

Alabama GOP candidates battle over who's most conservative

By Bridget Bowman | CQ-Roll Call | August 9

PELHAM, Ala. (TNS) ― One week before the Alabama special election Senate primary, Republican contenders are battling over who is the true conservative and who will be the strongest fighter for President Donald Trump. That was evident Friday night when eight of the nine candidates showed up at a candidate forum at the civic center here.