Auburn kicker Anders Carlson announces he’ll return for 2022 season

The Auburn women’s basketball team overcame a 15-point second-half deficit to tie the game late, but could not complete in the comeback in a 54-51 loss to Arkansas on Sunday in Neville Arena. The loss snaps what was a three-game winning streak for the Tigers. Auburn head coach Johnnie...

In a battle of top-25 defenses, No. 25 Auburn struggled to maintain an edge against No. 2 Tennessee, despite taking it down to the wire. The Tigers came within an arm’s reach, but fell 46-43 to the Volunteers in a game that came down to the final possession on Saturday in Knoxville.

Auburn men’s basketball has pulled in a four-star guard for the second time this week, adding Baker High School standout Labaron Philon. Along with Philon, the Tigers also added Tahaad Pettiford, a four-star guard from Jersey City, New Jersey, on Wednesday. Philon chose the Tigers over Alabama, Tennessee, Ole...

TUSCALOOSA — Big-time players make magic in big-time games. Auburn superstar Suni Lee added to her incredible college legacy Friday by scoring a perfect 10 in enemy territory at Alabama’s Coleman Coliseum. Then she scored another 10 on beam. She scored a perfect score on bars in the...

TUSCALOOSA — Suni Lee scored two 10’s in an epic rivalry performance, but homestanding Alabama had enough answers in the final two rotations to top Auburn on Friday in a high-scorer. No. 11 Alabama scored a 197.850 while No. 6 Auburn scored a 197.700, still seeking its first-ever...

The essence of Wendell Green Jr., from Mike Allen’s perspective, started with a struggle — although that can be hard to picture when charting Green’s Auburn career. Now in his second season on the Plains, Green was a model of consistency coming off the bench last year, logging splits that — whether home or away, or a win or loss — looked nearly identical. He’s gone from key reserve to starter this year, and, as No. 25 Auburn gets set to face No. 2 Tennessee at 1 p.m. Saturday in Knoxville, he’s been crucial to the Tigers’ success.

Icon, champion, courageous pioneer and bold advocate are just a few words that have been used to describe Salem native Sarah Thomas. Mayors, governors, senators, councilmen, young students and more have commended her dedication to researching the sickle cell disease and educating the community. After Thomas’ 10-year-old son, Todd Phillip...

In the upstairs area above what used to be the Cheeburger Cheeburger restaurant in downtown Auburn, one family has decided to create a free space for people in the community to gather called The Table. Whether it’s students needing a space to study, small groups needing a place to meet...

For those who don’t ever know what they want for a dinner, a local entrepreneur has developed an app just for you. Over the last few years, Marcus Marshall, 26, of Opelika, has been busy engineering Beary Hungry, an iOS app that connects restaurant goers and restaurant owners. The new app has two functions: The first is for people who like to eat out. Beary Hungry designs a profile of its user’s taste buds and matches restaurants to that profile. The second function is for restaurant owners. The app acts as a form of advertisement where restaurants can upload menus and info about their businesses.

Read through the obituaries published today in Opelika-Auburn News.

Last weekend, Auburn police, with assistance from the Opelika Police Department, arrested Jarquaizmen Lamar Ashmore, 31, of Opelika, on a felony warrant charging him with receiving stolen property in the first degree. Police said the arrest stemmed from a theft that was reported on Jan. 24. Auburn police met with...

The Auburn Police Department has released a set of collectible K9 trading cards, including one card for each of the K9s and their handlers in the APD K9 Unit. The APD said local partnerships with Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Canine Performance Science (CPS), Auburn City Schools, Charter Communications and Global K9 Protection Group have contributed largely to the expansion of APD’s K9 Unit over the years.

Opelika police have arrested a suspect in connection to a shooting that allegedly occurred on Tuesday in the 2100 Block of Waverly Parkway. At 12:50 a.m. on Tuesday, police responded to a report of gun shots, and upon arrival police said they located a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound.

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