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November 03, 2009
Thrower visitation, funeral times set
Visitation hours for John “Stump” Thrower, a 56-year-old radio personality from Auburn who was found dead Monday, is 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. A graveside service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Rosemere Cemetery in Opelika.
Kia reopens application process for some jobs
Kia Motors says it will reopen the application process for production and maintenance jobs at its new assembly plant in West Point.
November 02, 2009
Opelika police arrest suspect in Dollar General robbery
Opelika police arrested Gredarius Stefan Brooks, 17, of Lanett at 11:30 a.m. Friday and charged him with four counts of robbery, said Opelika police Capt. Allan Elkins.
Opelika fireman of the year to be honored
The Opelika fireman of the year will be honored at 7 p.m. tonight at the Opelika City Council meeting.
Opelika soldier dies in Kuwait accident
An Opelika serviceman died Thursday of injuries sustained in a non-combat related accident while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom in Khabari Crossing, Kuwait.
Auburn City Council ponders cable option
Auburn residents may soon have a choice when it comes to cable providers.
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Radio personality found dead
Local radio personality and newspaper columnist John “Stump” Thrower was found dead in his Auburn home Monday morning. He was 56.
Riley taking economic development trip to Colombia
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is leading a delegation of government leaders on an economic development trip to Colombia
November 01, 2009
Tuskegee University mourns Billups’ passing
Leonard H. Billups, DVM, DACVP, was the director of Diagnostics Laboratory Services for Tuskegee’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health.
Newsome dies at 30
Rosemary Latrice Newsome, 30, who was tried and acquitted in 2008 of the murder of former Opelika-Auburn News dock worker James “Captain” Heard, has died after an extended illness.
Union Hill CME celebrates new life, home after fire
Members of several area churches gathered Sunday at Union Hill CME Church in the Oak Bowery community to celebrate how a church is much more than a building.
Organizers expect crowd for gubernatorial debate Tuesday
Tickets are going fast for a debate at Auburn University on Tuesday between the seven people vying to be candidates in the race for the next governor of Alabama.
October 31, 2009
AU honors faculty at awards ceremony
AU honors faculty at awards ceremony
Fall in Alabama: Leaves help signal the change in season
Fall in Alabama unfolds a patchwork quilt of color as the greens of summer turn to glittering yellow poplars, scarlet dogwoods, orange maples and golden hickories.
October 30, 2009
Georgian named two-year chancellor
MONTGOMERY — The State Board of Education picked a Georgia educator Friday to become chancellor of Alabama’s two-year college system and help lead it back from a financial scandal that brought down a former chancellor.
Publisher resigns mental health post over secrecy issue
TUSCALOOSA — Newspaper publisher and longtime mental health advocate Paul Davis resigned from the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s board of trustees Thursday.
BFGoodrich plant closes
Bennie Coulter waited in the parking lot at BFGoodrich in Opelika Friday afternoon to greet his fellow co-workers as they left work for the final time and to watch the 46-year-old tire manufacturing plant close its doors forever.
October 29, 2009
Man acquitted in son-in-law’s death
A Lee County jury found a former Russell County Sheriff’s corrections officer not guilty of killing his son-in-law last October.
Community costume party
Two nights before Halloween, children flock to the streets in Opelika, Auburn for trick-or-treating.
Cars rolling off the assembly line at Kia
It’s no longer months or weeks until Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia starts production of the 2011 Sorento. It’s now days.
Suit filed in Alabama to stop $13 million contract
A legislative oversight committee went to court Thursday to stop a $13 million no-bid computer contract between Gov. Bob Riley’s administration and a company with no listed business phone number and no Web page.
Opelika crash victim was 26
Opelika police said a passenger killed in a three-car traffic accident Wednesday night has been identified as Sarah Michelle Ware of Opelika.
October 28, 2009
Award-winning ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ coming to AU stage
An author once said a family is a lot like fudge: mostly sweet with a few nuts. All those emotional ingredients will come together on the stage next month when Auburn University’s Department of Theatre presents the three-time Tony and New York Drama Critics Award-winning play “Brighton Beach Memoirs.”
Taiwanese director general speaks at AU
The director general of the Taiwanese Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of Atlanta is the most recent in a list of dignitaries to visit the Auburn University campus this semester.
Jury deliberations continue in murder case
The Lee County jury will continue its deliberations Thursday morning in the murder case of a former Russell County Sheriff’s corrections officer accused of killing his son-in-law last October.
One dead, two injured in Wednesday wreck
One passenger was killed in a three-vehicle accident on Marvyn Parkway Wednesday night in Opelika.
600 get H1N1 vaccines Wednesday
The Lee County Health Department administered about 600 H1N1 flu shots on Wednesday at the county’s first H1N1 clinic.
Local legislator calls for UAB to change same-sex partners benefits policy
A Valley legislator has called for the University of Alabama at Birmingham to reverse a recent decision to extend health insurance benefits to same sex partners of employees, an offer the campus says will make it more competitive in recruiting faculty.
Birmingham mayor: Corrupt or generous shopaholic?
Prosecutors accuse Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford of selling out the public in a bribery scheme that showered him with tens of thousands of dollars in cash, luxury clothes and expensive jewelry in exchange for lucrative government bond work.
