Auburn's 'oasis': New plan for the Medicinal Plant Garden

Auburn's Medicinal Plant Garden was an oasis of herbs, flowers and  shrubs. Now it's a parking lot. But there are plans to rebuild it bigger and better than ever.  

City, University to host off-campus housing focus groups

Students are invited to participate in the focus groups Wednesday, Feb. 27, and Monday, March 4. 

'First Man' wins 2019 Oscar for best visual effects

$43.3 million in federal funds awarded to Auburn for agriculture facility

Research at the facility will focus on improving the productive and sustainable use of soil and water resources for increased crop and livestock production.

Tiger Transit rape case goes to trial this week

The case against two former Tiger Transit drivers is headed to trial this week.

Campus dining has significant increase in the use of Tapingo since its implementation

After its soft launch in early September 2018, Tapingo saw its user base grow considerably. During the fall semester, Tapingo facilitated roughly 77,000 orders. From the beginning of spring semester to mid-February, Tapingo processed 59,000 orders.

City gives landowner, hotel group until end of February to reach deal on Southern Living Hotel

The city is giving the downtown landowner and the hotel group working to bring a Southern Living Hotel to Auburn until the end of the month to reach a deal.

Report: Auburns ranks among nation's best small cities for business

  Auburn ranked 25 out of 200 in a Forbes analysis of the best small places for business and careers.

SGA officers announce rest of newly selected executive team

The newly elected SGA executive officers have laid the groundwork for the upcoming year and named the rest of their executive team. 

Editor-publisher who wrote Klan editorial steps down from paper

"I can drink beer and chase women now. They can't run too fast, or I can't catch them," Sutton told The Plainsman.

Tennessee governor says he regrets wearing Confederate uniform in Auburn yearbook photo

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has apologized after a photo surfaced of him wearing a Confederate uniform in Auburn's 1980 Glomerata yearbook.

Update: Coroner locates family of woman killed Friday in murder-suicide

Authorities are asking for help finding the family of the woman shot and killed in a murder-suicide Friday. 

Man shouts Nazi slogans, flashes gun at local coffee shop

Police briefly investigated an incident Tuesday evening at a coffee shop in Auburn during which eyewitnesses said a white man who appeared to be in his mid-20s stood on a chair, yelled Nazi slogans including "Heil Hitler" and flashed a gun to the cafe's manager who told him not to come back.

Auburn's Journalism Advisory Council strips award from editor who wrote Klan editorial

The Auburn Plainsman first reported the nature of the editorial, which published on Feb. 14 under the headline, "Klan needs to ride again."

The Plainsman relaunches 'On The Plains' news podcast

The daily news podcast is only a few minutes long. It breaks down the biggest local, state and national news of the day in an easily consumable format.

Coroner: Shooting suspect died from self-inflicted gunshot wound not from fire

Lee County Coroner Bill harris said the suspect's death and the death of an unidentified woman with him were the result of a murder-suicide.

Check out these new renderings of the big buildings coming to campus

Among the projects are a new central dining facility, a large classroom and laboratory complex, a new culinary science center and a structural testing lab.

Lawmakers expect vote to block Trump's emergency order, and then face a veto

Trump issued the order Friday to divert certain military funding for wall construction, after Congress approved only $1.375 billion of the $5.7 billion he sought in a bipartisan budget bill to avoid a second partial government shutdown.