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Letter to the Editor: Keep a Killer in Prison

OPINION — To the Editor: In September 1967, Eddie Seibold deliberately murdered three children asleep in their beds in Auburn, Alabama — Lynn Sinclair (age 9), Libba Sinclair (age 18) and Mary Durant (age 9). He also wounded the mother of two of the victims, Juanita...
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Letter to the Editor: National Rural Health Day

OPINION — On Nov. 17 we celebrate National Rural Health Day, a time to remember your friends and neighbors in Alabama’s rural hospitals. Alabama’s rural hospitals are an essential part of our communities. Over 12,000 people are employed by these hospitals. In many...
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Tuberville Op-Ed in the Washington Examiner: How We Can Support and Show Appreciation for Our Military Families

CONTRIBUTED BYSEN. TOMMY TUBBERVILLE OPINION  — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) authored the following op-ed, published in the Washington Examiner, to recognize Military Families Month and discuss the importance of his bill to increase the maximum life...
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Voters Are Heroes

By PHIL WILLIAMS OPINION — In my study at home there are a number of memorials to my family’s service. There are three rifles hanging on the wall. My grandfather, my father and I each brought home these reminders from WWII, Vietnam and Afghanistan, respectively. There...
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Bobby Eugene Bearden

Bobby Eugene Bearden

May 27, 2020

Bobby Eugene Bearden of Opelika was born in Alpharetta, Georgia to the late Barney Eugene and Viola Cagle Bearden on July 17, 1942 and passed away...

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Darold Lee Dunlavy

May 27, 2020

Darold Lee Dunlavy of Opelika, formerly of Montgomery and Pike Road, passed away on May 16, 2020 at home surrounded by his family after a long,...

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Four Tigers earn All-SEC honors

Four Tigers earn All-SEC honors

May 20, 2020

By Cody VogaAssociate Director of Communications Auburn Athletics Department | AuburnTigers.com The Auburn men’s golf quartet of Graysen Huff,...

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Getting our feet wet

Getting our feet wet

May 19, 2020

Moses was dead, the Jordan was at flood stage (Joshua 3:15) and the men of Israel needed to be circumcised (leaving them vulnerable to attack—Joshua...

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Frank Reagan

May 13, 2020

Mr. Frank Reagan, 72, passed away at Bethany House in Auburn on April 30, 2020. Graveside services were held at Garden Hills Cemetery on May 3, 2020...

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Miriam Carroll

Miriam Carroll

May 13, 2020

Mrs. Miriam Carroll, 59, passed away at her home on  May 5, 2020. Mrs. Carroll was born in Opelika, Alabama on May 29, 1960. She was a devoted...

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James Thomas Roberts, Jr.

May 13, 2020

James Thomas Roberts, Jr. of Opelika was born to the late James Thomas and Adele Elliott Roberts on Feb. 12, 1939 and passed away at his home on May...

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Carol Lee

May 13, 2020

Carol Lee of Millbrook, Alabama was born in Tallassee, Alabama to the late William Clinton and Mary Emma Taylor on Oct. 10, 1945 and passed away at...

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