Should Alabama’s Attorney General Fight Power Rate Hikes? The Two Candidates Are Far Apart

Alabama law lets the attorney general step into utility rate cases before the Public Service Commission on the public's behalf. That power was rarely used until this year, and now it has become an issue in the race for attorney general, the Alabama Reflector reported. Alabamians paid 16.04 cents per kilowatt-hour for residential electricity in June, compared with a regional average of 14.89 cents, according to federal energy data. Democratic nominee Jeff McLaughlin said he… Read More

State Employees’ Health Premiums Will Rise $15 in January, the First Across-the-Board Increase in 11 Years

The State Employees' Insurance Board voted Wednesday to raise health insurance premiums for state employees, retirees and dependents by $15 a month starting Jan. 1. It is the first across-the-board increase in 11 years, the Alabama Reflector reported. The board covers about 102,000 state employees and family members. Earlier this month the board's executive committee recommended a $20 increase, which ODN reported Sept. 3. Board member Connie Grier pushed to lower it. "To some people,… Read More

Auburn Researchers Win $2.73 Million NIH Grant to Help Low-Income Families Sleep Better

Two Auburn University College of Human Sciences researchers have received a $2.73 million R01 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to test a program meant to help children and parents sleep better, the university announced Sept. 24. Dr. Brian Gillis, assistant professor of marriage and family therapy, and Dr. Ben Hinnant, professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, will run "Good Nights Sleep Program: A Randomized Clinical… Read More

Auburn Council Members Join Tenant Union Meeting as Lemans and Chateau Residents Face Displacement

The Auburn Tenant Union held its first meeting Monday night for residents of Lemans Square and Chateau apartments, two low-rent Auburn complexes that are set to be torn down and redeveloped. City officials are still looking for ways to help residents who will have to move, The Auburn Villager reported. At last week's council meeting, Mayor Ron Anders said he and city staff had met with local affordable-housing developer Fred Bennett, founder of Bennett &… Read More

Opelika Man Charged With Burglary and Theft at an Auburn Business

Auburn police, with help from the Opelika Police Department, have arrested a 31-year-old Opelika man in a burglary reported at a local business, CNAW 2 News and the Opelika-Auburn News reported. Romen Bentley Cockrell, 31, of Opelika, was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 22, and charged with third-degree burglary and fourth-degree theft of property, according to the Auburn Police Department. He was taken to the Lee County Jail and held on a $4,000 bond. Police did not… Read More

Auburn Volleyball Opens SEC Play Tonight at Arkansas on a Seven-Match Winning Streak

Auburn volleyball (10-2) opens Southeastern Conference play at Arkansas (8-3) tonight, Friday, Sept. 25. First serve is 7 p.m. CT at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Ark., and the match streams on SEC Network+. The Tigers have won seven straight, including a sweep of last weekend's Alabama Showdown at Neville Arena, where they beat UAB, Samford and South Alabama, each 3-1. They have kept winning without preseason All-SEC pick Lauren Dreves. Anastasija Ivkovic led the team… Read More

Auburn Soccer Wins 2-0 at Missouri for Its Second Straight SEC Shutout; Arkansas Next Sunday

Auburn soccer beat Missouri 2-0 Thursday night in Columbia, Mo., for its second straight SEC shutout and its first conference win on the road this season. The Tigers are now 6-1-3 overall and 2-1-0 in the SEC. Both goals came in a three-minute span in the first half, and junior Kelly Gordon set up both of them. In the 17th minute, Gordon dribbled along the end line and passed to Kennedy Husbands at the top… Read More

Auburn Puts a 34-Game Homecoming Streak on the Line Against Unbeaten Vanderbilt Saturday

Auburn (2-1, 0-1 SEC) hosts undefeated Vanderbilt (3-0) in its Homecoming game Saturday at 3:15 p.m. CT at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game is on the SEC Network and the Auburn Sports Network. The Tigers have won 34 straight Homecoming games, a program record going back to 1992, and are 87-8-4 all-time on Homecoming. Vanderbilt comes in after one of the wildest finishes of the season. Trailing NC State 17-0 in the first half and 24-7… Read More

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