BY HANNAH LESTERLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Women’s Philanthropy Board of Auburn University hosted southern author Rick Bragg last week on a stage set with rocking chairs, goats, a picnic basket, a tire swing and a background of fireflies. The scene was set as a...

BY WIL CREWSSPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM If you recognize the name Ace Atkins, it may be from his two-sack performance against No. 4 ranked Florida as a member of the 1993 undefeated Auburn Tigers football team. Or it may be from his esteemed writing career that...

The Auburn Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Chick-fil-A which reopened in downtown Auburn at 326 W. Magnolia Ave. across from campus with a drive-thru in the parking garage just behind the restaurant.