Creatively facing change Louise Kreher Turner has left no stone unturned. Born in 1914, Turner is now 94 and is best-known in Auburn for founding the Louise Kreher Turner Forest Ecology Preserve, located on North College. Now, Turner's lifetime commitment to community engagement and creative exploration has led her to her most recent feat�publishing her second novel.

Can you take the heat? Amanda Leikvold stands behind her desk and addresses her culinary arts students at Auburn High School. "Today, we're going to make gingerbread cookies and apple cider," she says.

Anybody need an electric car? High school teachers often try to get innovative and create ways to spark the interests of their students, getting them to learn without even knowing it. For the teens at Auburn High School in Byron Williams' industrial mechanics and pneumatics class, building a road-safe vehicle from a kit did exactly that.

Preschoolers take up community action Whether it's painting or planting, collecting pennies or visiting with seniors, preschoolers at Steps will answer the call to action. Under the watchful eye of many philanthropic mentors, last week's pre-opening service day allowed the young students to learn while they volunteered.

City newcomers create local dodgeball league Dodgeball, a game usually designated for elementary school playgrounds, is not just for kids anymore.Mike Wines, a herpetologist at Auburn University, and his wife Michelle, who attends Tuskegee's veterinary school, moved to the Plains from Memphis last year. They said that as much as they love Auburn, they missed playing their favorite competitive pastime.

'Seventh Muse' details Muse's time at AU Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, wrote Shakespeare. That would appear to be the case with university presidents, as well, judging from a quick perusal of Dr. William V. Muse's new book, "The Seventh Muse."

Local pastors planning Billy Graham Crusade 

AU researcher not flipping over summer footwear Every mother maintains that flip-flops are bad for your feet. Now, an Auburn University researcher has confirmed that suspicion, and the results of his study recently were reported in Newsweek Magazine's online edition.

5K promotes fitness, benefits AHS track As Dan Norton sets up the registration tables on a cloudy and humid Wednesday afternoon, people begin to pour into the Auburn High School parking lot in droves.

Fresh from the farm Smells of peaches, honey and shrimp linger in the air every week, rain or shine, at the Ag Heritage Park's "Best of Alabama" Farmers' Market.

AU animal research creates stir in magazines Research by an Auburn University doctoral student is drawing connections in science magazines to Kevin Bacon, the Hollywood actor whose name has become synonymous in the popular culture with social networks among celebrities.

New AU student union nears completion After nearly 10 years, AU students will get a state-of-the-art student union

'A General's Spiritual Journey' Auburn's Lt. Gen. Hal Moore publishes again, but this time the subject is spirituality