Kris Martins | Community Reporter

Tips for traffic safety, keeping homes secure over break

Law enforcement officials urge students to be more cautious on the road.

Community members celebrate the holidays in annual Auburn Christmas parade

Aubie, holiday characters and a host of other participants strolled through downtown Auburn in the city's annual Christmas parade Thursday.

City gets most significant rainfall in months

The area received 1.68 inches of rain Tuesday and was expected to receive up to an inch Wednesday.

Opelika preserve and nature park to host birding walk this weekend

The Opelika Wood Duck Heritage Preserve and Siddique Nature Park will host the free event Dec. 3 beginning at 8 a.m., giving attendees a guided trail walk to the holding pond and duck blind while identifying birds, including wood ducks, along the way.

Auburn Public Library hosts write-ins for National Novel Writing Month

The library hosts write-ins every Wednesday and Thursday.

Food Pantry distributes Thanksgiving meals for Lee County

It began as six boxes of food 16 years ago.

City sees increase in pedestrian accidents so far in 2016

With six pedestrian accidents in October alone this year, city officials talk about safety measure while students share their concerns crossing the street and driving pedestrian-heavy areas.

State, local party leaders react to Trump victory

Some thought it would be a swift election night.

Auburn Water Works Board passes mandatory water restrictions

Auburn utilities customers will have to limit water usage.

New event space planned for downtown

The goal is to complete the building by fall 2017, but people may be able to book the event space as soon as the next few weeks.

Thanksgiving food boxes at the Auburn United Methodist Church Food Pantry contain canned goods, bread, eggs and more on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.

Auburn firefighters and community members place Thanksgiving food boxes in a car at Auburn United Methodist Church on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.

Voters walk out of a voting location in Auburn, Ala., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Voters walk into Frank Brown Recreation Center in Auburn, Ala., to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. 

A crosswalk safety tips sign sits at a crosswalk that extends from campus to Chipotle on West Magnolia Avenue on on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Auburn, Ala.

A car stops as students walk across a crosswalk that extends from campus to Chipotle on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Auburn, Ala.

Tommy Jernigan tops a doughnut with blueberries as David Mote watches at the University Donut Company in Auburn, Ala., on Sept. 26, 2016. 

The inside of Dress Up is under construction on East Magnolia Avenue in Auburn, Ala., on Sept. 27, 2016.

Tommy Jernigan (left) shows David Mote (right) how to ice a doughnut at the University Donut Company on East Magnolia Avenue on Sept. 26, 2016. The shop opened nearly two weeks ago and has a food truck on campus.

Auburn alumna Molly Thorvilson and her boyfriend Kyle Johnson placed handmade notes at the base of the Toomer's Oak on Magnolia on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Thorvilson said she thought the story from the Lorax captured the spirit of the tree, which was set ablaze early Sunday morning after Auburn's 18-13 win over LSU.