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Alabama will get $1.5 million in federal funds to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, reduce obesity, and decrease smoking

A 16-year-old Auburn juvenile was arrested and charged with domestic violence Sunday at an area shopping center.

Valley to hire parks director

The idea that Opelika resident Caroline Donnelly is peddling will potentially benefit several people across Lee County. However, turning that idea into reality will require some pedaling of a different kind.

In opening Monday’s meeting, Lee County District 1 commissioner Mathan Holt asked for prayers for the families and friends of a worker killed at a work site on Lee Road 72 Monday as well as those there working with the East Alabama Paving Company and Lee County Highway Department.

School children returning to Loachapoka Elementary on Monday were in for a big surprise when they found thousands of dollars worth of new sports equipment and school supplies waiting for them courtesy of Hibbett Sports’ Operation Sports Renovation program.

Three area business are among the first recipients of loans from Michelin Development through a program designed to create new jobs in the community.

A Russell County corrections officer is in custody and faces an assault charge after a shooting incident involving her husband Monday morning.

A local construction worker was killed Monday afternoon after being hit by a dump truck along Farmville Road.

A new exhibition, on view Feb. 6 through April 17 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, features a series of haunting images that record the demise of three abandoned houses designed by world-renowned architect Paul Rudolph, who earned his bachelor’s degree at Auburn University

About 75 people braved the cold Sunday morning for the Dash for Deb 5K Run/Walk, the Debi LeGette Memorial Race at Auburn University.

An Opelika man faces a misdemeanor charge and multiple citations after he allegedly tried to run from police, and crashed his 1991 GMC Sonoma pick-up into the side of a Burger King restaurant in Valley.

Word has it that audiences are in for a hilariously good time when the Auburn University Department of Theatre presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” this month.

A charity basketball tournament organized by 10-year-old Sutton Smith of Auburn raised $700 for the earthquake ravaged nation of Haiti.

Loachapoka school gets facelift, AU Big Event kicks off

Wells concert to benefit Museum of East Alabama

Hostage suspect’s name released

A 27-year-old Auburn man is in police custody after a brief hostage situation Friday night.

A new 158,000 square-foot small animal teaching hospital was among the capital projects approved by the Auburn University board of trustees Friday.

Auburn police believe Andrew M. Holland is responsible for hitting avid bicyclist Ty Garner while he was driving along Shug Jordan Parkway the morning of Aug. 8, but the young man has not been arrested or charged with any crime.