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Hattie B's Hot Chicken to open in Auburn summer 2026

By Gracie Goodman | News Writer

A flavorful new arrival will soon make its way to Auburn. Nashville-based Hattie B’s Hot Chicken is officially set to join the lineup of downtown Auburn shops and restaurants in summer 2026. The location will open at 121 N. College St. and will bring a fresh and renewed purpose to the former historic Tiger Theatre.

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The Auburn Campus Food Pantry's glass door, which features an orange circular sign that reads "CAMPUS FOOD PANTRY," and information about food pantry hours is visible below.

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Outside "Prim's Pizza" sits a sign that reads "pizza, calzone, wine" at Food Truck Friday in Opelika, Alabama on Nov. 21, 2025.

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Children run to collect flags from a vintage car during the Freedom Fest Veterans Parade in Opelika, Ala., on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.

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Auburn's 1856 receives Michelin Guide recommendation

By Auston Kucholtz | News Writer

Congressional candidate Lee McInnis talks with potential voters during an open meeting in Opelika, Alabama in Nov. 19, 2025.

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A brick storefront with a sign reading "Cookie Fix," featuring striped awnings, a glass door, and a wooden bench outside.

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Football players in white jerseys interact with enthusiastic fans reaching over a barrier, celebrating a victorious moment in a stadium at night.

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The Jule Museum displays a painting by Joan Brown titled "Noel at Table with Vegetables" in their Women Artists in Ascendance exhibit on Nov. 14, 2025.

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By Erin Cosby | Legal Reporter

A group of people is gathered at night, holding signs with various political messages, while some are chanting.

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By Landi Rutledge | News Editor

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