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November 02, 2009

Auburn City Council ponders cable option

Auburn residents may soon have a choice when it comes to cable providers.

Watch the Prep Blitz Weekly filmed at Buffalo Connection

Sit down with Mike, David, Tim, and Andrew as they talk about last week’s and this upcoming Prep Blitz Football!

Radio personality found dead
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
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
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
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.

Military voting bill expected to speed up process

A bill that has passed Congress and been signed by President Barack Obama would streamline the process for military personnel overseas to cast ballots in Alabama elections.

Ex-pastor faces 152 counts in sex abuse case

The former pastor of an Andalusia church is facing 152 charges stemming from allegations he sexually abused and tortured young boys while on camping trips.


October 27, 2009

No tricks, just treats: Tips for staying safe on Halloween

No tricks, just treats: Tips for staying safe on Halloween

East Alabama gets its fair share of rain

East Alabama gets its fair share of rain

Vaccines at Lee clinic today

Vaccines at Lee clinic today

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