An Auburn Police Department officer was shot in the line of duty Friday evening. Sources reportedly confirmed the shooting to WVTM. The condition of the officer was not immediately known. The shooting occurred at the Dollar General near Niffer’s Place off of Opelika Road. WSFA was on the scene live in the immediate aftermath of the […]

As Virginia’s scandal continues to get worse, Auburn is now faced with a blackface black-eye of its own. Outlets, including WSFA, are reporting that an Auburn High School student posted a blackface picture on Snapchat that included a racial slur. The photo shows the student with a blackened face and palm with the caption, “Is […]

According to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Online Program rankings released on Tuesday, Auburn University’s online graduate programs are among the best in the nation. The university’s online programs that received high marks include the Harbert College of Business’ MBA program at No. 9 and non-MBA, No. 13; Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, No. […]

The trains no longer stop at the historic Auburn depot, but they continue to charge down the tracks outside the landmark, lending a charm of times gone by to the upscale restaurant that now occupies the beautifully restored space. While The Depot is rooted in history, it is pushing the boundaries of Alabama’s culinary scene, […]

News of traumatic brain injuries and suicides among professional and college football players has made many question the violent nature of the game. Rule changes, such as the NCAA’s targeting rule, have been imposed to promote player safety, and yet concussions continue to occur. Using Auburn University’s functional magnetic resonance imaging or fMRI machine to […]

Auburn University has reached another milestone after being elevated to an “R1” institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Among the 120 institutions to receive the R1 designation Monday, Auburn was listed in the top 100 of such universities. An R1 designation by Carnegie is reserved for doctoral universities with the highest […]

While Coach Krzyzewski praised Auburn’s basketball team after the game on Tuesday night, saying, “They can beat anybody,” it was Coach Bruce Pearl’s speech before the marquee matchup against Duke that blew people away. In a video posted by ESPN, Pearl can be seen pumping his players up in the locker room pregame. Speaking of Duke, […]

Auburn University’s Warrior Research Center is helping the men and women of the United States Armed Forces — as well as firefighters, police and first responders — to maximize readiness and prevent injury through improved health and wellness, physical and technical performance, and vehicle and equipment design. Few people outside of these demanding jobs realize […]

Auburn was recently named one of the nation’s top ten “booming” college towns, according to rankings released by CardRates.com. By analyzing population growth over seven years, the education level of the locals, economic growth, cost of living and job opportunities, the website ranked Auburn sixth in the United States. Being included in the list especially […]

Auburn University aquatic ecologist Alan Wilson and a team of biological, molecular and environmental scientists from three other U.S. institutions are taking on toxic cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae or pond scum, in a five-year, $2 million National Science Foundation project. In recent years, harmful outbreaks of noxious cyanobacteria have reached extreme levels in freshwater […]

Despite a difficult season that began with lofty expectations, Gus Malzahn is set to still be Auburn’s head football coach next season, according to what Athletic Director Alan Greene told reporters on Tuesday. ESPN reported Greene added that Malzahn will be the Tigers’ “coach of the future.” The outlet called it a public “vote of confidence” from […]

AUBURN – It was a perfect October morning on Saturday for Governor Kay Ivey’s campaign event in Auburn. The weather was crisp, an ideal temperature not quite reaching “cold,” and autumn leaves fell around the Big Red Barn, which sits picturesquely off of a pond across from the historic Edward L. Lowder Red Barn at […]

People and animals suffering from the deadliest form of brain cancer are undergoing similar treatment in an NIH-funded clinical trial through the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and two other currently enrolled Southeastern veterinary programs. Veterinarians and human medical doctors are collaborating on the trial in which the same […]

Pay attention, high schoolers and parents. Students who love the outdoors and plan to continue their education after graduation will have a new option for a college degree rooted in the outdoors at Auburn University in 2019. The undergraduate degree will be in Wildlife Enterprise Management with training in wildlife sciences, business and hospitality. Auburn […]

In a video posted last week by CBS 42’s Simone Eli, Auburn football player Deshaun Davis can be seen walking hand-in-hand with a young boy to the edge of the end zone, where the two kneel in prayer together before the Tigers’ game versus Southern Miss. MUST WATCH: #Auburn LB Deshaun Davis is EXACTLY the type […]

GE Aviation’s plant in Auburn achieved a milestone this week — the 30,000th additively-manufactured fuel nozzle tip “grew” on a 3D printer at the facility, the industry’s first site for mass production using the additive manufacturing process. Employees at GE Aviation in Auburn began producing the nozzle tip in 2015. More 3D printers have been added […]

AUBURN — Tuesday at the weekly meeting of the Auburn University College Republicans, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) fielded questions about the upcoming midterm elections, including his re-election bid against Mallory Hagan, the former Miss America that is now the Democratic nominee for Alabama’s third congressional district. Rogers expressed some optimism for Republicans facing headwinds in a […]

For the second year in a row, Troy University’s football team made big money off of upsetting a heavily favored opponent. On Saturday, the Trojans travelled to Lincoln and defeated Nebraska 24-19. Troy got paid $1.15M to beat Nebraska. That is all. — Melanie Newman (@MelanieLynneN) September 15, 2018 Last year, the team from southeast […]

College football is in full swing with two weeks of games done and dusted, and Alabama’s favorite teams have some exciting matchups in week three. JSU is off this week, but all of the Yellowhammer State’s other teams play on Saturday. The Crimson Tide and Auburn have their first SEC matchups and Troy travels to […]

Tuesday, Forbes released a list of the 25 most valuable teams in college football and both the University of Alabama and Auburn University made the top ten. The rankings were compiled by averaging annual revenue and profit from the last three available seasons – 2014, 2015 and 2016. Alabama was ranked fourth, with average revenue […]

Health officials are planning a meeting to raise awareness of Alabama’s worsening infant death rate. The Infant Mortality Reduction Summit is scheduled Friday at Auburn University at Montgomery. Experts will discuss the problem of infant deaths in the state, which has one of the nation’s worst rates.

Police say a teenager has been arrested in the shooting at a McDonald’s near Auburn University that left one person dead and four others wounded. News outlets report the 17-year-old boy was arrested Sunday and charged with murder. Authorities have not released the teen’s name, but a statement by Auburn police says he is being […]

A video posted by Auburn’s football program shows the moment on Thursday that head coach Gus Malzahn announced walk-on tight-end/H-back Robert Muschamp from Rome, Georgia has been awarded a scholarship for his senior year. Malzahn, while addressing the team in the video, praised the scout team player for his unselfishness and versatility. Muschamp, the nephew of […]

The University of Alabama and Auburn University both released new commercials to coincide with their football seasons kicking off this past weekend. UA’s ad is the latest in their acclaimed “Where Legends Are Made” campaign, and Auburn’s theme centers on “War Eagle” being universal.