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• Rain postpones dedication of St. Mary's shrine

  A deluge of rain Sunday dampened St. Mary’s Catholic Church’s celebration honoring Mary, Mother of the Americas, outside under tents on Mother’s Day. The pouring rain cut short a planned procession carrying the framed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from the tents to a newly built shrine located next to the church on Fourth Avenue in Opelika.

  05/13/2012 9:44 PM

• Four-wheeler accident leaves one injured

  A single-vehicle accident with injuries to the driver was reported to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 2:55 p.m. Sunday. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said officers found a four-wheeler in the roadway in the 1800 block of Lee Road 281 with one rider injured.

  05/13/2012 8:04 PM

• High winds down lines on Lee Road 390

  High winds reportedly caused damage to power lines Sunday on Lee Road 390 near Opelika. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said there was a tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service for the northwest corner of Lee County during the mid-afternoon.

  05/13/2012 7:59 PM

• Foster grandparents share time, love at local day cares

  Foster grandparents bring their "mother wit" and love for children to Auburn Day Care Centers almost every single day.

  05/13/2012 7:00 AM

• Attorney confirms Updyke asked to leave UA campus

  Harvey Updyke Jr., the University of Alabama fan accused of poisoning the Toomer's Oaks, was asked to leave Friday’s SEC softball tournament game between Alabama and Georgia in Tuscaloosa.

  05/12/2012 8:36 PM
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  Arthur Blank urges AU grads to take risks

  His favorite T-shirt is said to be lettered with: “There is no finish line.” Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL and co-founder of The Home Depot, started his speech Sunday with a reference to Auburn University Heisman Trophy Winner Cam Newton, saying the Atlanta Falcons get to play the Carolina Panthers twice during the NFL season.

  05/06/2012 11:30 PM

• 'Pepperell Kids' share memories at annual reunion

  The rescue of a 5-year-old girl from the water tower of the Pepperell Mill Village years ago was one of many stories told Saturday as generations of children who grew up in the mill village and their guests met for their eighth reunion at a home on Lake Martin.

  05/06/2012 8:00 AM

• Woman charged with manslaughter for stabbing death

  A 31-year-old Loachapoka woman has been charged with manslaughter after a domestic dispute escalated into an alleged stabbing Friday night.

  05/05/2012 9:50 PM
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  Lee County Gathering promotes traditional music

  Several hundred musicians strummed along for three days of making old-time music at the fourth annual Lee County Gathering at Pioneer Park. Sponsored in part by The Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Lee County Historical Society, the gathering drew participants from as far away as Michigan and Ohio to take part in musical instruction, concerts, storytelling, dancing and jamming.

  04/29/2012 7:28 PM
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  AU baja race brings students from around globe

  The start of Sunday’s Baja SAE Auburn 2012 four-hour, wheel-to-wheel endurance race was delayed for about 30 minutes and restarted after one competitor lost steering and slid into the spectator section.

  04/22/2012 7:16 PM

• Local, statewide GOP runoff elections Tuesday

  Local voters will help choose a GOP candidate for Alabama Public Service Commission president and determine the District 5 representative on the Lee County Board of Education during a Republican Primary Runoff on Tuesday.

  04/22/2012 1:08 AM

• Relay For Life meeting slated for Tuesday

  While Tuesday’s Relay For Life meeting is for team captains, any residents interested in building teams to join the fight against cancer are invited to attend. The meeting for team captains involved in the May 18-19 American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Lee County is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the East Alabama Medical Center’s Health Resource Center in Opelika.

  04/08/2012 7:31 PM

• Work on changes will continue when session resumes

  Republican leaders say work on a bill to revise Alabama's controversial immigration law will continue during the second half of the Legislature's 2012 session which starts Tuesday.

  04/01/2012 7:00 AM

• Crowds come out for annual event despite rain

  Despite a rainy morning, vendors and visitors turned out for a record crowd at the seventh annual Garden in the Park in Opelika on Saturday

  03/31/2012 9:57 PM

• Lee County sets date for fire fee vote

  The Lee County Commission has set Tuesday, May 29, as the date for a Special Election to vote on the fee for fire protection services for Lee County residents outside the cities of Auburn, Opelika and Phenix City.

  03/26/2012 9:31 PM
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  Man bounces back from heart transplant to run 5K

  Tony Dozier, who lay on an operating table for a heart transplant a little more than a year ago, ran the 5K event in Saturday’s Run Walk Roll 5K at Providence Baptist Church in Beauregard.

  03/25/2012 7:00 AM

• Lee County Commission OKs disaster contract

  The Lee County Commission approved a disaster debris recovery services contract with D and J Enterprises in Auburn during their regular meeting Monday. The Lee County Emergency Management Agency and the Lee County Highway Department began looking into the need for such a contract following discussions of problems related to tornado destruction in nearby counties.

  03/12/2012 9:02 PM
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  Lee County chapter of Relay for Life looking for teams

  It’s time to organize and sign up a team for the upcoming 2012 American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Lee County and begin to support those fighting cancer. “It’s very easy to get involved,” said volunteer Janet L. McCoy, who has family members who have had cancer. “We are always looking for more people to sign up.”

  03/04/2012 6:32 PM

• Lee school board incumbents challenged in primary

  Two of four Lee County board of education district seats will be contested in the Tuesday, March 13, Republican Primary Election.

  03/04/2012 7:00 AM

• Storm leaves 1 dead, 2 injured in Tallapoosa Co.

  A 57-year-old Dadeville man died and two people were injured Friday night as an apparent tornado came through the Eagle Creek Community north of Dadeville.

  03/03/2012 9:05 PM