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Beulah Elementary to celebrate Grandparents Day

In an effort to celebrate the contributions of grandparents everywhere, Beulah Elementary School will be welcoming its students’ grandparents for two days, leading up to National Grandparents Day on Sunday... Read More

League of Women Voters celebrating 19th Amendment

The League of Women Voters of East Alabama will celebrate what has come to be known as Women’s Equality Day by helping prepare voters for this fall’s big election with a series of voter registration events... Read More

Running for Our Heroes 5K & 1M Fun Run set for September 8th

Running for Our Heroes 5K & 1M Fun Run set for September 8th

The Running for Our Heroes 5K & 1M Fun Run is set for September 8th at Kiesel Park in Auburn.

All proceeds will be split between two (2) foundations – the LCpl Christopher Blake Rodgers Foundation and the A HERO (America’s Heroes Enjoying Recreation Outdoors) Foundation. 

The LCpl Christopher Blake Rodgers Foundation awards an annual scholarship to a Spalding High School JROTC cadet who plans to join the military after graduating college. 

The A HERO Foundation is a local organization that reaches out to wounded veterans from all over the southeast, helping them begin the healing process through outdoor recreation like hunting and fishing.

Registration will begin at 7 am central time with the 5K run beginning promptly at 8 a.m.

Beulah community rallies around teen with leukemia

Hundreds gathered at Opelika Municipal Park on Sunday afternoon for a benefit concert supporting a 15-year-old Beulah High School student that has been battling leukemia since earlier this year... Read More

BRIDGES Girls Shelter celebrates successful grand opening

BRIDGES Girls Shelter celebrates successful grand opening

BRIDGES (Building Responsible Individuals through Deliberate Guidance and Support) Girls Shelter commemorated its opening on July 23rd in Tuskegee. BRIDGES Girls Shelter is a subsidiary program of TEARS (Teens Empowerment Awareness with ResolutionS), Incorporated. All counties served by the shelter were represented. Present at the outdoor ceremony were Tuskegee Mayor Omar Neal, Former Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford, Tuskegee Area Chamber of Commerce President Deborah Biggers, TEARS, Inc. Board Members, Louis Maxwell of the Macon County Commission Office, Phenix City Police Department Juvenile Division Supervisor Mark Rogers, and Phenix City Councilwoman Michelle Walker . Representatives from the Tuskegee Area Chamber of Commerce, Tuskegee University, Troy University, The Utility Board of Tuskegee, Macon County Department of Human Resources, the Phenix City Police Department and other members of the community were also in attendance.

Grown-up Spelling Bee scheduled Thursday

It will be a friendly war of words this week when the community’s top spellers turn out for the ninth annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee... Read More

Gardens and venues featured at Pioneer Park's Second Saturday

Gardens and venues featured at Pioneer Park's Second Saturday

Pioneer Park’s five gardens are featured at this week’s Second Saturday, since many of the crops are coming in and the herb and flower gardens are doing well following the recent rain.  A garden “walk ‘n’ talk” will begin at 9 a.m. CST.  There is no fee for the tour, conducted by Dr. Charles C. Mitchell and Tia Gonzalez. Pioneer Park is located in Loachapoka, Alabama, just four miles west of Auburn on Highway 14.

The Park’s nine buildings will be open for visitors.  They include the Old Trade Center [now a museum]; the Cook House, a log cabin, a barn full of period implements, a blacksmith shop, an early physician’s office, a cotton gin office, a jail and a bandstand.

The Park is open on Second Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.