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One Week after Country Crossing closed its doors to avoid a raid by Governor Riley's Task Force, the employees began filing for unemployment. Many of the employees were jobless before Country Crossing opened, and now they are facing unemployment again. They gathered outside of the padlocked doors on Saturday to share their stories in hopes that Alabama's government will take action so they can go back to work.
Country Crossing is a family-oriented entertainment venue located just outside of Dothan, Alabama. It is slated to be a five-year project with many more attractions planned to join the current bingo hall, restaurants, and amphitheater. One of the next projects includes go-carts and an arcade.

The New Mama G's over on Thach, now offers an open mic night on Tuesday nights for all types of entertainers. Amateurs and professionals all come out and support each other in a relaxed atmosphere where the love of music prevails. Anyone is welcome to join the performers including customers just there to enjoy great food. Come out and enjoy good food and good music, and who knows maybe you'll even join in on the fun. Open mic night starts around 8pm and lasts as long as there is music to be played. If you like music or like to play music or both, head over to Mama G's on Thach rd every tuesday for open mic night.

Portion of College Street to close during the event

Auburn, Ala. - Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. has declared Saturday, February 6, 2010 "THE BIG EVENT Day" in the City of Auburn in recognition of the Auburn University Student Government Association's (SGA) one-day, student-run service project. Student volunteers will be participating in a number of community service projects during the event, including a downtown clean-up, litter pick-up, storm drain marking project, and data entry for the City's veterans brick mapping project.

Auburn University held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for the new MRI Research Center. University President Jay Gogue and Alabama Governor Bob Riley were in attendance. The facility is estimated to cost about 21 million dollars and will be one of the first 7 Telsa MRI machines in the nation. The center will bring prestige to Auburn, but will also help save lives.

The New Facility is expected to be completed in September. Watch Eagle Eye News Monday Night for a full report.

January 26th WLTZ hosted Auburn's Got Talent. Tons of people flocked to Auburn, Alabama to compete and watch. WLTZ filmed all the contestants and will be sending each video to the producers of America's Got Talent. So good or bad each contestant has a chance to get on the show. The winner however will be able to sing directly in front of the producers. This is a great opportunity for all the contestant and some really went all out for chance of fame. The village mall in Auburn was the location of this event, but that didn't stop anyone from traveling over from surrounding states such as Georgia. NBC's America's Got Talent airs this summer, look for some of these locals on the show representing Auburn.

Friday, January 26th WLTZ NBC 38 and GA-Bama The CW hosted Auburn's Got Talent competition. I lot of people came to view and compete in the competition. Of all the contestants that performed two stuck out from the rest. Caylee Anna Hammack is 15 years old from Ellaville Georgia and she stunned everyone with her performance of "At Last". After the performance I got a chance to interview and find out about this singing gem.

Another gold mine of entertainment was Mr. Clyde Brooks the one man quartet. He has sung on all 7 continents and over 80 countries around the world.

With any luck these two performers will make it on the show of America's Got Talent when it premieres this summer. Just remember if they become national icons you saw them first on Eagle Eye TV.

Could Bridezillas be a thing of the past? Well, we wouldn't go that far, but the recessionary times are causing some brides reign in the wedding day spending. This means that couples and bridal businesses are having to make concessions on the glitz and the glam without dashing the dreams of wedding day bliss. Lindsay ONeal attended the OA News Southern Bride Expo to find out how the business and the couples are coping with big dreams and small wallets.

Sigma Kappa sorority is hosting its 6th annual no limits Texas style poker tournament supporting Alzheimer's Association on February 8th and 9th. The two day event will consist of three seperate rounds with a following championship round at the end. The first round wil be held on Febuary 8th at 6:30pm with another round at 9:00pm. The last buy-in round will be February 9th at 6:30pm and all the winners from these three preliminary rounds will advance to the final championship round on February 9th at 9:00pm. Prizes will be awarded to winners and include a weekend beach trip for two, a lake trip, and many more. Buy-in is $20 dollars and includes a free t-shirt. There will also be a seperate ladies tournament on February 9th at 6:30pm and buy-in is $10 and includes a free t-shirt.

Rebecca Hart, a Sophomore majoring in Communication Disorders was crowned Miss Auburn University 2010 last Friday night. I got an exclusive interview with the newly crowned Miss AU after the pageant. It was quite an exciting evening; even Aubie stopped by for a special performance. Rebecca was awarded a scholarship worth one year of tuition, and she will go on to compete in Miss Alabama in June.

According to the United Nations, 609,000 Haitians are living on the streets because of severe damage to their homes. And just after one week since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, relief organizations world-wide have provided aid to support the devastated country. The American Red Cross infiltrated the affected areas surrounding Port AU Prince, Haiti in an effort to provide relief to those injured, homeless and without anything.
The global effort to rebuild the nation of Haiti will take years to revive, however, individuals and organizations throughout the world, and even locally, within the Auburn area, have take the initiative to donate even the smallest amount of money to contribute to medical supplies, anti-biotics, shelter, clothes, food and water.