CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC LEE COUNTY — Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) has named Gretchen VanValkenburg as executive director of...
Southern Union names VanValkenburg to head advancement
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OHS student arrested for bringing handgun to campus
FROM OPELIKA CITY SCHOOS AND OPELIKA POLICE DEPARTMENT ADOBE STOCK PHOTO Earlier today, the Opelika Police Department located a weapon in a...
Smiths Station gets an ‘A’
Lee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Howard poses with students from South Smiths Station Elementary School, who proudly celebrated receiving...
AU Cafe Series highlights Black scientists, mathematicians
BY KADIE VICKFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Throughout February, Auburn University’s College of Science and Mathematics (COSAM) Outreach offered a Cafe...
AHS students bring life to elementary school through art
BY KADIE VICKFOR THE OPELIKA OBSERVER AUBURN — Members of Auburn High School's National Art Honors Societies (NAHS) painted a mural last month...
AHS future health professionals raise funds for Relay for Life
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn High School students studying to be future health professionals recently raised $12,000 for Lee County’s...
Auburn University Applied Research Institute to oversee $50M manufacturing project
Army advanced manufacturing project is the largest research contract in university history BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY NEWS | BY JEREMY HENDERSON How much...
OHS’ new football coach ready to ‘get the life back in this program’
BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Opelika High School hosted a meet-and-greet for new head football coach Bryan Moore on Jan. 4...
Auburn band is ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’
BY MICHELLE KEY | PUBLISHER PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER More than 450 bands from high school and collegiate levels entered the Metallica...