06/16/11 Hot eats and jamming beats will be on the menu this weekend when Jamey and Justin Crisler, collectively known as the Alabama Blues Brothers, take the stage at the Event Center Downtown in Opelika Friday as part of the BBQ and Blues event.
06/16/11 James Phillip Raley, who formerly held positions as Achievement Center-Easter Seals administrator and Opelika City Schools superintendent, received a 30-day suspended jail sentence in Opelika Municipal Court on Wednesday.
06/16/11 Auburn and Opelika are now in extreme drought, according to U.S. Drought Monitor data released Thursday. Extreme drought conditions emerged last week in southern Lee County and have now moved northward into the county’s two largest cities.
06/15/11 The Arab Tribune won its first general excellence award since 1999 Saturday night in the Alabama Better Newspaper Contest. The newspaper also won its first "sweepstakes" award for advertising and a total of 15 awards.
06/14/11 While many people spoke out against Opelika’s proposed sales tax increase at the city’s public forum Tuesday, several residents backed the plan, saying it would provide Opelika High School with sorely needed funding for renovations.
06/09/11 The Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform has been working for more than 10 years to get an up-to-date constitution that will allow Alabama to do business efficiently. Let your legislators know Alabama needs a better constitution.
06/09/11 As the mercury continues to rise in late spring, several local heat records have already been broken, according to the National Weather Service office in Birmingham.
06/09/11 VESTAVIA HILLS, Alabama -- Redshirt freshman running back Corey Grant's decision to transfer from Alabama "was a little bit of a surprise," Alabama coach Nick Saban said today before teeing off in his annual charity golf tournament that benefits his "Nick's Kids" program at Old Overton Club in suburban Birmingham.
06/09/11 Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett blames athletes rather than coaches and fans for the culture that created problems in the Buckeyes' football program.
06/08/11 Corey Grant's high school coach says the Alabama running back plans to transfer.
06/08/11 With a worsening drought and little rain in sight, watering restrictions are becoming a reality for some in Lee County.
06/02/11 The first speller stepped up to the microphone at the 84th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland Wednesday.
06/01/11 The first speller has stepped to the microphone at the 84th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland.
06/01/11 Dr. James Andrews was named the 2010-11 Southeastern Conference Team Physician of the Year, it was announced during the Southern Orthopaedic Association SEC Program at Grand National in Opelika on May 25. He was chosen by the SEC member institution athletic training staffs.
06/01/11 Opelika Municipal Court Judge Ben Hand took verbal and video testimony under advisement during a hearing Wednesday and will issue a ruling on a later date concerning the March 5 drunken driving arrest of James Phillip Raley.
06/01/11 Strong job gains nationwide and a pickup in summer jobs lowered unemployment rates in more than 90 percent of the nation's largest cities in April. Unemployment rates fell in 339 metro areas, rose in 20 and were unchanged in 13. Here are unemployment rates in April in cities in the South, compared to the previous month and a year ago: Metro Area Unemployment Rates, South Unemployment rates by ...
05/31/11 A 21-year-old victim suffered non-life threatening injures after being shot in the neck, face and shoulder with birdshot in the 300 block of Pleasant Circle at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. During the same time, police responded to five complaints of shooting into unoccupied vehicles all located in the 300 block of ...
05/31/11 Auburn Police Division officers took a suspect into custody in the 100 block of North College Street. He is identified as Victor Vasquez, age 50, of Opelika, Alabama.
05/30/11 In Opelika, veterans, family members and friends took time to remember that Memorial Day isn't just about getting a day off of work.
05/30/11 While the featured speakers at Auburn's and Opelika's Memorial Day observances come from different branches of service, both shared the same message on Monday: Remember and honor those who have died for our nation. | 
