Will Buechner News Today

Auburn commemorated the only police officer in city history to make the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty on Monday afternoon when it dedicated its first major new road

"We will always recognize what Officer Buechner did as the most valiant act ever performed in the City of Auburn by an Auburn police officer."

Will Buechner Parkway, a connector road between Martin Luther King Drive and Richland Road, will open to motorists on Tuesday.

A Lee County jury last week found an Auburn man guilty of capital murder in the 2019 shooting death of Auburn Police Officer William Buechner and sentenced him to life

UPDATE 6:11 p.m. – A Lee County Jury has reached a verdict in the sentencing phase for convicted cop killer Grady Wilkes. Wilkes has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty citing what they say is Wilkes’ deliberate creation of deadly risk and the brutal nature […]

It has been four years since Auburn police officer William Buechner was killed in the line of duty after responding to a domestic disturbance call.