Fall and family fun, the Auburn Housing Authority is hosting its Fall Festival on Oct. 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ridgecrest Community Center.“The AHA Fall Festival is one of Auburn Housing ...

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, “Alzheimer’s is a progressive brain disease and the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of all cases.” Other statistics about the disease ...

There’s a new aroma coming to downtown Auburn, and it’s a sweet one. Cookie Fix, the popular Birmingham-based bakery, is set to open its doors this fall, promising to become the city’s newest sweet ...

Enjoy food, festivities and fun this fall with Lee County pumpkin patches, festivals and other local events. The Farm at Rocky TopThe Farm at Rocky Top Pumpkin Patch is open every weekend from Sept.

The Loachapoka Indians (2A) put on an offensive clinic on homecoming night, defeating the Beulah Bobcats (3A) by a score of 50-6. Loachapoka improves to 3-3 on the season, while Beulah falls to 1-5.On ...

The Greater Peace Missionary Baptist Church in Opelika hosted an event on Sept. 22 titled “About Peacebuilding in 2026 and Beyond for a More Perfect Union.”Peacebuilding thoughts were presented by ...

The Lee County Commission discussed instituting a new program to aide the elderly and disabled with the bulk debris pickup program.As the county currently has a bulk pickup program utilizing sites ...

CHOCTAFAULA PUMPKIN PATCHChoctafaula’s annual Pumpkin Patch will open to the public on Sept. 27 and will be open weekends through Oct. 27. Pick pumpkins, enjoy wagon rides, meet animals in the petting ...

JOHN ROBERT BURGESSJohn Robert Burgess, Jr. died on Sept. 24, 2025, surrounded by family, after an extended illness. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on Dec. 3, 1946, to Nanaline Holt Burgess and ...

I cringe every time I hear someone spit out the bitter words, “I will never forgive him (or her) for what he (or she) did to me!” And yet over the years I have heard those angry words more than once.

When I was growing up in Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals), Tom Patton, my sweet Daddy, grew the best tomatoes in his garden. He used Better Boy and Celebrity plants, and they produced the ...