By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com  The Auburn City Council approved a commercial development agreement with Buc-ee’s Auburn, LLC during its Tuesday night meeting.  The approved agreement stipulates that the city will remit certain taxes. In...

By Michelle KeyPublisher The residents of Lee County’s Beat 13 voted to allow zoning regulations to be developed by a newly appointed planning commission, during a special-called election Tuesday night.Petitions for the rezoning of Beat 13 were gathered and delivered...

By Opelika Observer Staff*update* Margaret Brown has declined to offer comment at this time. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones confirmed on Monday afternoon that Auburn attorney, Margaret Brown, turned herself in to the Lee County Sheriff’s office on warrants stemming from...

Contributed by the office of Gov. Kay Ivey Gov. Kay Ivey met with Sen. Tim Melson today, and she officially signed Senate Bill 46 into law. Upon doing so, the governor issued the following statement: “Signing SB 46 is an important first step. I would like to...