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War Ready falls to Herd That in second round of The Basketball Tournament
War Ready’s run at a TBT championship ended on Sunday afternoon, as the team full of Auburn alumni fell to the No. 1 seed in its region, Herd That 63-59. Herd That, who is coming off of a semifinals appearance in last year’s event, is composed of mostly Marshall alumni. The contingent of former Thundering Herd have been a staple of “The Basketball Tournament” since 2018, although the team has only reached the quarterfinals twice. That didn’t stop Auburn’s Alumni from nearly taking down the experienced Herd. Wendell Green Jr. and company led the contest end-to-end until the late minutes of the...
What is Auburn football's place in the SEC? Here's where Tigers are slotted in preseason poll
AUBURN — Auburn football will finish the season with some space between it and the upper echelon of the SEC, at least according to Friday's preseason media poll. The Tigers were picked to finish No. 10 in the conference, sandwiched between Texas A&M at No. 9 and Kentucky at No. 11. Predicted to be atop the SEC standings at season's end is Georgia, which tallied 3,330 points. The Bulldogs are followed by Texas (3,041) and Alabama (2,891). Auburn finished with 1,382 points.
Former Auburn 2025 commit joins long list of Big Cat Weekend visitors
This weekend, Auburn will roll out the red carpet for its most crucial targets for Big Cat Weekend. This weekend, Hugh Freeze and his staff will host several notable recruits. Among those names are those who have already committed and those who are pledged elsewhere. There will also be a special case for one recruit: trying to win him back. Tyler Lockhart, a four-star linebacker from Winona, Mississippi, is scheduled to return to the Plains this weekend after backing off his pledge to Auburn last month. Lockhart has not joined another recruiting class since de-committing from Auburn, but it is heavily speculated that...
Massachusetts man killed during motorcycle training exercise in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A man died after crashing his motorcycle during a training session at Barber Motorsports in Birmingham Monday. Abraham D. Schwartz, 41, was killed just before noon Monday while taking part in a two-day training school on the racetrack at Barber, according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. Schwartz was originally from […]
CHHS names former Auburn star Kam Pettway new offensive coordinator
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Charles Henderson High School recently announced that former Auburn football star Kam Pettway has been named the football team’s new offensive coordinator. Pettway is a Prattville native that earned All-State honors at Prattville High as a senior running back after rushing for 1,402...
U-Haul to create jobs, space with retail, self-storage facility in Athens
ATHENS — As more people move into Limestone County, they’ll need space to store their belongings. To help meet the demands of the state’s fastest growing county, U-Haul has announced plans to build a retail, moving and 1,100-unit self-storage center in Athens. The 5.3-acre site at 16298...
Thunderstorms with damaging winds and quarter-sized hail in Jackson and Madison counties Monday
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 2:30 p.m. valid until 3 p.m. for Jackson and Madison counties. The storms may bring quarter-sized hail (1 inch) and wind gusts of up to 60 mph. "At 2:30 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located over...
Community college announces welding course specifically for women
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) – A community college in Alabama is holding a new welding course this fall specifically for women. The Women in Welding scholarship program is a 15-week welding course at Jefferson State Community College for 12 women who are looking to get into welding. Through a...
Media Release 171-Arrest made in the Richard Allen Judkins Homicide Investigation
The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives have obtained a warrant for an arrest in connection to the murder of Richard Allen Judkins. He was shot and killed on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 121 Roebuck Plaza Drive. The suspect has been identified as:. Quajae Dasion Ellis Ware, (22), B/M, of...
The UAW’s union dreams seemed unstoppable. Then came the realities of the South
The United Auto Workers was on a historic six-month run until it got a reminder that when it comes to unions, southern hospitality often gets replaced with hostility. It started last November when the UAW ended decades of concessions to carmakers by ratifying record contracts at Ford, GM and Stellantis. The success inspired southern auto plant workers to launch their own campaigns, starting at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Tiffany Haddish Gearing Up for Georgia DUI Trial, Comedian Plans to Accuse Officers of ‘Unlawful Search’
Tiffany Haddish will be in court next month to fight the DUI case brought in Georgia months after she reached a plea deal in her DUI case in Los Angeles, In Touch can exclusively reveal. According to court documents obtained by In Touch, a Georgia judge scheduled Tiffany’s long-delayed trial for August 26. The case...
Women’s tennis signs Merna Refaat, Emma Tothová
AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn has signed international players Merna Refaat and Emma Tothová, women’s tennis head coach Jordan Szabo announced on Monday. Both players will join the Tigers in August for the 2024-25 season. “We are thrilled to have Emma and Merna join us at Auburn,” said...
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