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Flipping flapjacks, sizzling up sausages and heaping helpings of fellowship. While they might not be doing them in exactly that order, you’re sure to find a good time on the menu at Opelika Lions Club Pancake Jamboree next week.

Phil Rodney Wilson, a teacher at Ogletree Elementary School in Auburn, has been named one of 16 finalists from the more than 132 teachers being considered for Alabama’s 2010-2011 Teacher of the Year award.

The Opelika-Auburn News Sports Editor, Mike Szvetitz, is blogging live from Buffalo Wild Wings at Tigertown in Opelika

Russell County has suspended its jail expansion plans after Phenix City officials declined to participate in the project

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested six people in connection with an incident in which controlled substances were discovered Saturday at the Lee County Detention Facility, according to a sheriff’s office release.

Two by Two Unity run set for March 27

In a unanimous votem Elizabeth H. “Liz” Jennings has been selected mayor pro tem of the Town of Loachapoka. She was selected mayor pro tem during a special called meeting at the Loachapoka Town Hall Wednesday evening in the absence of Mayor Larry Justice, who is being treated at East Alabama Medical Center.

A judge says Attorney General Troy King still must tell him by Monday where he stands on the electronic bingo investigation by the Governor’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling

Gov. Bob Riley is using national Sunshine Week to encourage passage of legislation aimed at increasing government transparency

Alabama’s prepaid college tuition plan appears unable to pay tuition beyond the fall semester of 2011 and still have enough money to provide refunds to the 44,000 participants, administrators said.

On Feb. 28, three local missionaries packed their van with 1,000 pairs of shoes they planned to give to needy residents of Guatemala City and hit the road. But the missionaries, their goods and their message never reached their destination.

AU employees may file lawsuit

Auburn council member expected to fully recover after hospitalization

Alabama’s prepaid college tuition plan appears unable to pay tuition beyond the fall semester of 2011 and still have enough money to provide refunds to the 44,000 participants, administrators said.

Area officers honored for saving fellow officer

Robbery suspect shot in backside, arrested

It seems that the teams on the basketball court won’t be the only ones crying foul this week. Employers across the county may be singing a similar tune.

The Lee County coroner has released the identity of the man whose skeletal remains were found Thursday in Opelika. Pick up a copy of Tuesday’s Opelika-Auburn News for the complete story.

The future of the governor’s gambling task force is now in the hands of the Alabama Supreme Court

The Alabama court system is laying off more than 100 temporary employees