Local News

The Auburn City Schools spring band concert will be relocated for the second consecutive year.

Starting Wednesday, the bridge on North Donahue Drive will be closed for one year.

The battle against underage drinking can’t just be fought in the classroom.

Members of the board of directors for Rebuilding Together Lee County aren’t afraid to wield a paint brush or hammer, or ask for help.

For the past three weekends, volunteers have been doing various home repairs for those who need it around the county. The March 6 project drew more than 800 volunteers to complete work at 34 houses and one church, said Wanda McCurdy, an associate with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and coordinator of the Community Action Project. She also said a group in Tuskegee and one in Columbus, Ga., volunteered that day, but remained in their own communities.

MOBILE — Officials say tests have confirmed that the February death of a 6-year-old Mobile boy was caused by swine flu.

ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Authorities will search once again for a missing U.S. teen after an American couple took an underwater picture of what they believe might be Natalee Holloway’s remains, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors’ office told The Associated Press on Saturday.

The collaborative law enforcement efforts of the Auburn Police Division and the Opelika Police Department resulted in 12 suspects being taken into custody Thursday.

On most days, her customers get to have it their way, but Friday was her day. Company officials, family members and fellow employees all turned out Friday to help Jeweldine Burton, more affectionately known as “Mrs. Mookie,” celebrate the anniversary of her 30th year of employment at Burger King.

The commander of the governor’s antigambling task force says he tried to raid the VictoryLand casino in Macon County because the local district attorney had made it clear he would not enforce laws against illegal gambling

The commander of the governor’s task force on illegal gambling has testified in a Macon County court that he has statewide authority to crack down on gambling machines

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