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Girl Scout Cookie season is in full swing. The 2025 cookie lineup includes the full spread of classic flavors, including Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils and Do-si-dos. This will be the last ...

Scenes from Dream Day 2025 MLK Dream on the Move Pastor Carolyn Morton and the Samford Community Outreach Group hosted the ...

ACS board approves 2035 Facilities Master Plan BY MALLORIE MCCOYFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — At its regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 14, the Auburn City ...

The Beauregard High School wrestling team is headed to its first-ever state tournament. The Hornets secured a sp ...

BY LOGAN HURSTON FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Former Opelika Police Department Lt. John Pruitt Sr. passed away on Jan. 13. As one of the first African Americ ...

Two men accused of murder in October 2023 are set to go to trial on Feb. 3 following a Jan. 15 plea hearing at which both pled not guilty. Francis Harland Hamblin, 42, and Matthew James Dillon, 41, ...

Retiring District Judges Russell Bush and Bill English administered the Oaths of Office for two new county judges on Jan.

Auburn Chamber sets Feb. 27 Annual Meeting CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Auburn Chamber of Commerce’s Annual ...

Tucked away in the historic heart of Salem, the Salem Auction House has become a cornerstone of the community. Owners ...

First Storage has unveiled its cutting-edge indoor self-storage facility at 3000 Old Opelika Road. The new facility bo ...

Expected to be finished sometime in the Spring, Ann Pearson Park, named after the Auburn native and historian, will include ...