CONTRIBUTED BY OPELIKA POLICE DEPARTMENT OPELIKA, AL — On Tuesday, May 5, the Opelika Police Department, in coordination with forensic experts, exhumed the remains of an unidentified homicide victim from Evergreen Cemetery. The exhumation is part of a renewed effort to utilize modern genetic genealogy to identify a young man whose case has remained cold for over three decades. Case Background On Sept. 22, 1990, the body of a young Black male...
CONTRIBUTED BY KELSEY KINTZ-ROBERTS, ARYANA PRATT, CAMDEN COBURN AND BAILEY CUNNINGHAM LEE COUNTY — In Lee County, nicotine addiction among teens has become commonplace. Addiction is normalized in our schools’ and communitys’ social circles, covered up easily by teenagers and reinforced by daily routines and habits. In response, each of our four team members aged 16 to 18 interviewed teens aged 15 to 18 living in Lee County,...
BY KADIE TAYLOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Providing quality designs, attention to detail, competitive prices and licensing with local universities, Tiger Town Embroidery & Screenprinting celebrated 25 years of business on April 1. Owner Ken Tidwell said when he bought Tiger Town Embroidery & Screenprinting, it was a small business that he has since grown to serve customers for a quarter of a century. “Me and my wife bought the...
Program aims to improve response times and investigations as officials address privacy concerns BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER AUBURN — The Auburn Police Department will soon have access to a sophisticated network of drones covering a broad swath of the city after the Auburn City Council approved a nearly $1 million contract April 21.The $992,501 contract with Axon Enterprise, an Arizona-based company that develops weapons and technology...
Per Ordinance 032-25 Under Section 2-169 - Rule 1(e) “An item on the published agenda may be removed or postponed by the sponsor without approval of the city council prior to the meeting”. As Mayor Smith was the sponsor of Consent Agenda Resolution item #14 – Special Appropriation to Opelika Industrial Development Authority ($750,000), he has requested the item be removed from tonight's agenda at this time. **The Medical Clinic item was on the...
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CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF AUBURN AUBURN — The Auburn community is invited to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice at the 26th annual Mayor’s Memorial Day Breakfast. The event will begin at 8 a.m. on May 25 at the Hotel at Auburn University...
CONTRIBUTED BYSTEVEN STIEFEL AUBURN — An Auburn native finishing up her residency in anesthesiology has received praise from the program for recently saving a patient’s life. Dr. Victoria Starks was named The University of California Los...
OPINION — Have you ever had a moment in your life when something finally just “clicked?” Maybe it was something you had heard before. Maybe it was something that you had heard many times before, but for some reason, this time, it was...
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