Monday, June 18, 2007

What we’re working on

As promised on the front page of today’s paper, this Web site is here to give our readers and Web visitors a little peek into what we are working on for tomorrow’s paper. In addition, this site will feature news stories that we find funny or interesting or stories we just want to share. Keep checking back, because we are going to try to update the site several times a day.
What follow are a few things we are working on for tomorrow. If you don’t feel like reading and would rather watch our Web cast. Click play on the box to your right.
* We have city council previews for both Auburn and Opelika. At the Auburn meeting Director of Public Safety Bill James will explain to council members why the city received such low fire insurance ratings (Find our more about the company that sets these ratings, ISO, with this link) and what they are doing to rectify the situation. At the Opelika, council members may vote on an ordinance that will establish a new historic district.
You can find the complete Auburn City Council agenda here and the Opelika City Council agenda by going here
*WRBL News 3’s Jaime Lakin has done a story about the increase in food prices and how it is affecting one local restaurant owner. You can see her report on WRBL tonight and in our newspaper tomorrow morning.
So, are you concerned about how Auburn’s higher ISO rating will affect your homeowners’ insurance? Do you have an opinion about the new historic district in Opelika? Are you a restaurant owner affected by higher food prices? Let us know. Post your comments.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Train, car collide

A train has collided with a car in Lee County on Alabama Highway 14, near Lee Road 57.
The car, a white Mazda Protege, was carrying an adult driver, a passenger and a baby. Early reports indicate that no one was seriously injured. We have a reporter on the scene and more details should be available soon. Check back for updates.
We are also following reports a car accident with a vehicle that has turned over on Interstate 85 between mile marker 53 and 54, causing traffic to be stopped. No reports on injuries at that accident either.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Power outages reported in Opelika

We reported in today’s paper that no one in Opelika lost power according to reports we received from the Opelika Public Words Department.

Unfortunately, we have received a few e-mails today from Opelika residents who did lose power after Monday evening’s thunderstorms.

If you did lose power please let us know for how long.

Breaking news from Mitch Sneed

I know that this blog is primarily designed to post local information But some of you might be curious how our former fearless leader is faring in his new state, you should check out this story from his new newspaper. The headline speaks for itself - Nude woman crashes truck.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Welcome!

Welcome to The First Read.

This is the blog of the Opelika-Auburn News newsroom.

Here’s you’ll find out about stories we are working on for tomorrow’s paper, as well as more information about stories you are reading about in today’s paper.

You’ll always be able to watch our webcasts and a local forecast on the right side, too.

As always, we want to hear from you.  So, feel free to leave a comment if something interests you.