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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 Marching Band Competition "For Whom the Band Tolls" and the Auburn University Marching Band's (AUMB) was named the victor in...
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All students in county schools now eligible for free meals

Breakfast & lunch at no cost, with no application process BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Lee County Board of Education distributed a letter to parents announcing the system's participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP),...
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Third-grader is ‘Sheriff for the Day’

BY NOAH GRIFFITH | FOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY —Beauregard third grader Lane Gooden arrived at the LCSO Thursday morning with a sheriff’s badge hung around his neck and his best buddy, 4-year-old Collins Taylor, by his side.Gooden is a big supporter of fighting crime,...
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Former AU Tiger works to help future student-athletes

BY EVA BIANCOFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — The sound of little boys laughing filled the streets of Macon, Georgia, as Jeff Whitaker Jr. and his friends played a game of street football. This was Whitaker’s first experience playing the game of football. Little did he know,...
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