AUBURN — Next year, Auburn High School will be 100 students shy of being the largest high school in Alabama, just behind Hoover High School, according to Mayor Ron Anders. The growth of Auburn High School’s student population is a signal that the city of Auburn over the past decade has evolved from more than […]

Dear Pat, We hope you don’t mind if we take a few minutes to tell you how much you mean to us. In the coming days, I know that many will be speaking about your class and your courage, and we’re honored to be among them. When we heard the news, our heart sank. It […]

Former Auburn University quarterback Pat Sullivan, who in 1971 became the university’s first player to win the Heisman Trophy, passed away in his sleep on Saturday night at the age of 69, according to media reports. Sullivan, a Birmingham native, graduated from John Carroll Catholic High School before starring at Auburn from 1968-1971 and then […]

Quentin Riggins was presented the Walter Gilbert Award Nov. 23 during the Auburn football game against Samford in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Riggins, senior vice president of Governmental and Corporate Affairs at Alabama Power, is a former linebacker for the Tigers football team and a former member of the radio broadcast team. The Gilbert Award is presented […]

The Maxwell Football Club on Monday announced the three 2019 finalists for both the 83rd Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year and the 25th Chuck Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. Each list of three college football players contains a tie to the Yellowhammer State. First, senior Auburn […]

It won’t be long now! With all due respect to Saturday’s Tide and Tigers games, the road ahead is all about the Iron Bowl — and oh, how that game looks different than it did a week ago.

The Auburn board of trustees voted Friday to retire the beloved 20-year-old golden eagle Nova, the university announced in a press release. Nova had been serving since 2006 as the university’s seventh official War Eagle. In games following his flights, the Auburn football team went 44-14.

7. Investigating the investigators A former FBI lawyer is under criminal investigation after allegedly altering a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act document related to 2016 surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page; this evidence has been turned over to John Durham, who is conducting the investigation of the Russia investigators. This will be downplayed, but the […]

Auburn University’s Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center, under its final phase of construction until 2020, intends to make the Auburn Poultry Science program the nation’s preeminent in poultry education and research. Graduates with poultry science degrees are trained in food safety and quality, product development, production methods and other aspects of […]

The college football playoff selection committee released its next round of rankings on Tuesday night. The committee put the Alabama Crimson Tide in the No. 5 slot. Auburn came in at No. 15. Here are three takeaways: 1. If you are going to lose a game, lose to a bad team. For the second week […]

The SEC announced Monday morning that this year’s Iron Bowl will kickoff at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, November 30. The game will be played at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn and will be broadcasted on CBS.

A Texas-based nonprofit that works to find missing people is resuming its search for the missing stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris. Destinie Duvall with Texas EquuSearch told the Opelika-Auburn News that Aniah Blanchard is “tugging at our hearts, so it’s tough to sit still and wait.” The horse-mounted search group headed home last week […]

He calls himself “The Slasher.” He’s a hero to some. He’s a villain that must be destroyed to others. And now, Hoyt Hutchinson has been invited to tailgate with U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Tuberville before the Georgia-Auburn game in Auburn this weekend.

You can surely call me wacky. You can surely call me unconventional. Just don’t call me Shirley. And after perusing this column, perhaps you will call me enlightened (I can only hope). Yes, I’m telling you that there’s a chance. That chance may be slim, but there’s a chance that the Auburn Tigers could soon […]

Welcome back to Alabama, Mr. President. You are in the home state of college football’s greatest rivalry, which I was honored to be a part of for so many years. Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers fans are opponents during the season, especially on Iron Bowl Saturday, and our allegiances lie with either Coach Saban or […]

Within only a few hours of Florida State’s firing of head coach Willie Taggart, one national college football pundit said he thinks Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn should be the choice to fill the vacancy. In a series of tweets on Sunday evening, USA Today columnist Dan Wolken outlined his case for why Florida State […]

He was hulking and handsome, a talented Auburn University tight end from Atlanta who was known for his great motor and his big heart. But in the early morning hours of June 29, 2014, Philip Lutzenkirchen was gone — and after making a series of bad decisions, at that. Over five years later, Mike Lutzenkirchen […]

The Associated Press on Sunday released its latest AP Top 25 college football poll, and the University of Alabama is no longer the nation’s top ranked team after beating Arkansas 48-7. In what the AP called “one of the closet votes ever,” LSU jumped Bama for the number-one spot. LSU beat Auburn 23-20 on Saturday. […]

Another big weekend of SEC football is upon us, and the road ahead for the Auburn Tigers will be a challenging one. The Tigers are taking the Gus Bus to Baton Rouge for a top 10 showdown with LSU. Auburn hasn’t won in Death Valley in 20 years — can they down LSU this weekend? […]

Now it’s getting interesting! It’s that time of year when every college football game counts. When you’re the Auburn Tigers ready to play in Death Valley, you are a hot topic. And when you are an Alabama quarterback facing the same injury that you suffered last season but on the other ankle? It’s déjà vu […]

Coming off the program’s first-ever Final Four appearance, the Auburn University men’s basketball team is set to begin the 2019-20 season ranked No. 24 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 Poll. The poll was released on Monday. It is the sixth time in history that the Tigers have been ranked in this annual preseason […]

Oh, my heart! Former Auburn University quarterback Brandon Cox sent me this video of his son, Peyton, meeting his baby brother for the first time. Parker Cox was born just a few days ago, and when Peyton first met his baby ‘bro? So sweet! Watch:

Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that ID Plastics LP, a manufacturer of a variety of technical plastic products, is set to open its first operation in Auburn, investing $9.8 million. “Our continued efforts and partnerships with local communities have led to another great manufacturer coming to Alabama,” Ivey said. “ID Plastics’ decision to select Alabama […]

The Associated Press released their weekly college football poll on Sunday, with the Crimson Tide holding on to the top ranking after a 48-27 win at Texas A&M and Auburn moving up one spot following a bye-week. Alabama (6-0) received 1,503 total points and 30 first-place votes, while LSU (6-0) moved up to number two […]