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Introducing the first Lee County Honor Band

BY JOHN HILLSMAN | FOR THE OBSERVER BEAUREGARD — In February 2023, the band directors teaching in Lee County Schools were invited to a meeting with assistant superintendents Dr. Brad Hunter and Dr. Jason Wright and Dr. Anna Shepherd-Jones, director of federal...

Auburn’s OLLI announces brown bag series

BY ANDY LEE WHITE | FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Auburn University recently announced the winter 2024 Brown Bag Series speaker lineup.Presentations are held on Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pebble Hill, located at...

Lee County School Board recognizes Beauregard Elementary achievement

At its regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 9, the Lee County Schools Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Mike Howard recognized Beauregard Elementary School for being named one of 12 "spotlight schools" by the Alabama Department of Education. Beauregard...

Auburn University commemorates 60 years of integration

Honoring the legacy of Harold Franklin and other 'first' students CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY NEWS | WRITTEN BY AMY WEAVER AUBURN — The Samford Hall bell tolled precisely 10 times at 2:20 p.m. on Jan. 4.The moment may have confused those not aware of the...
Van Cleaves Scholarship awarded

Van Cleaves Scholarship awarded

Contributed by SUSCC Cha’rae Jones of Lineville is the 2021 recipient of Southern Union State Community College’s Van Cleaves Scholarship. First...

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