A life of love, loyalty

City retires police dog after 11 years of service By Rebekah Martin Associate Editor On a cold January morning, Sgt. James Daniel let his dog Kis out of the gate and allowed him to run and play. Dutch commands echoed across the front yard as the Opelika Police...

‘They call me the snake man’

Bob Mount still revered as Auburn Biological Sciences icon By Anna-Claire Terry Staff Reporter The name Dr. Bob Mount has been held in high esteem in the Auburn University Department of Biological Sciences for decades. Often referred to as an Alabama herpetology...

Which one of you ate Blitzen?

Those of you who follow this column know that I am a dog lover. And you  know that the dogs I love most (at the present) are Libby-the-Lab, Willow-the-Lab, and Bo-the-Lab. Libby, at six, is the senior Lab.  She is the family dog. Bo, at three, is our son’s Lab.  He...