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May 22, 2008
Governor to Announce Special Session
Gov. Bob Riley plans to announce Friday when he will call the Alabama Legislature back into special session to reconsider the state education budget
School bus accident kills one in Dallas County
A head-on crash between a Dallas County school bus and a pickup truck has left one person dead
Oil reaches another record high price
NEW YORK — Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again sprinted to a new record high overnight, reaching a national average above $3.83 a gallon. Some analysts predict gas will break past $4 as early as next week.
Lee County cuts 30 teaching positions
Lee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Stephen Nowlin said recent dismissals in the school system are part budgetary layoffs, part elimination of positions that will not be renewed after retirements or resignations and part performance or skill-based dismissals.
Camp War Eagle under way
The first session of Camp War Eagle began Wednesday with entering freshmen and their parents traveling to Auburn University to participate in the orientation process.
Fan falls to death at Braves game
Authorities have identified the 25-year-old man who died after falling about 150 feet down a stairwell at Turner Field.
Editorial: Opelika baseball team did entire community proud
Now that the sting from last weekend’s loss in the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A championship baseball game has subsided, we have an opportunity to congratulate the young men on Opelika High School’s baseball team for a tremendous season.
Officials refine hurricane response
With no Gulf Coast hurricane since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Alabama and Mississippi officials have worried that residents and tourists could become complacent about the seriousness of orders to flee the next disaster that strikes Gulf Shores.
Leaky New Orleans levee alarms experts
Despite more than $22 million in repairs, a levee that broke with catastrophic effect during Hurricane Katrina is leaking again because of the mushy ground on which New Orleans was built, raising serious questions about the reliability of the city’s flood defenses.
May 21, 2008
New hotels and businesses slated to open in Opelika
Two hotels and a gasoline station will soon be added to the list of businesses opening near Exit 58 on Interstate 85 in Opelika.
Annual ride honors fallen cyclists
It’s not unusual to see bicyclists zipping along the side of Opelika and Auburn roads.
Green with energy: Salvation Army opens new Auburn store today
Their motto is “doing the most good.”
Harbert’s confirmation still in committee
The confirmation of Raymond Harbert as the next member of the Auburn University Board of Trustees could occur during the special session of the Alabama Senate.
Swim rewards Opelika students for completing D.A.R.E. program
Swim rewards Opelika students for completing D.A.R.E. program
Army veteran to speak at Opelika Memorial Day service
Army veteran to speak at Opelika Memorial Day service
LaFayette High recognized as one of “America’s Best”
LaFayette High recognized as one of “America’s Best”
Auburn ranked among best high schools in state
Auburn ranked among best high schools in state
Lee County Crime Stoppers offers reward
Lee County Crime Stoppers are offering a reward for information leading to the identity of the man shown in the provided surveillance photograph.
Reward offered for information
The Lee County Crime Stoppers are offering a reward for information leading to the identity of a man shown in the provided surveillance photographs.
On tobacco issues, advocates say all presidential candidates better than Bush
WASHINGTON-Whoever wins the White House in November, anti-tobacco advocates say, one thing is clear: The next president will be an improvement over the current one.
Status quo for two-year college tuitions
Alabama’s two-year colleges will not raise tuition for the fall.
Lafayette High School ranked among America’s Best High Schools
Lafayette High School recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s recently updated list of America’s Best High Schools.
AU names new director of Multicultural Center
Shakeer Abdullah has been named director of Auburn University’s Multicultural Center effective July 1. The center is a division of the university’s Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.
Auburn High School ranked among Alabama’s top high schools
Auburn High School namded one of best high schools in the state.
Army veteran to speak at Opelika Memorial Day service
The city of Opelika will honor and remember military veterans during a Memorial Day service held outside the city hall at 204. S. 7th St. The service is open to the public and will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Veterans’ Memorial Monument. Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class David Dismukes will be the guest speaker.
Rape reported to Opelika police
Opelika police are releasing few details, but say they have a suspect in a reported rape of a 12-year-old girl that allegedly occurred last week.
AU students team with pair from India
Auburn University supply chain management student Carrie Haywood and chemical engineering student Justin Gorman, seniors in the Business-Engineering-Technology (B-E-T) minor, participated in this year’s joint U.S.-India student project team.
Thieves swipe used cooking oil to brew biodiesel
A few years ago, drums of used french fry grease were only of interest to a small network of underground biofuel brewers, who would use the slimy oil to power their souped-up antique Mercedes. Now, restaurants from Berkeley, Calif. to Sedgwick, Kan. are reporting thefts of old cooking oil worth thousands of dollars by rustlers who are refining it into barrels of biofuel in backyard stills.
Court: Paper money discriminates against the blind
Close your eyes, reach into your wallet and try to distinguish between a $1 bill and a $5 bill. Impossible? It’s also discriminatory, a federal appeals court says.
Since all paper money feels pretty much the same, the government is denying blind people meaningful access to the currency, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday. The decision could force the Treasury Department to make bills of different sizes or print them with raised markings or other distinguishing features.
Spring rains ease - but don’t end - drought in the Southeast
Weeks of rain have eased the drought that has gripped the Southeast for the past two years. But government forecasters warn that the crisis is far from over and could soon grow worse. And some worry that the spring rains have lured politicians into a false sense of security.
