1-16 Obituaries

Walter James Boucher Walter James Boucher, 83, passed away Jan. 7, 2015, at East  Alabama Medical Center. Visitation was held Jan. 8 from 5-7 p.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. Funeral services were Friday, Jan. 9 at 11 a.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Chapel. The Rev. Randal...

Collard greens take spotlight

By Suzanne Montgomery Opelika Observer I guess it must have happened when I wasn’t looking. But it came to my attention just the other night when friends and I went out to eat at one of Auburn/Opelika’s finer eating establishments. I had to read the menu twice to make...
‘107 years of Cultivating Pearls’

‘107 years of Cultivating Pearls’

Mu Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrates Founder’s Day By Alison James Associate Editor Years of service and achievement were celebrated Saturday by the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., at the Mu Sigma Omega Chapter’s Founder’s Day...

Eating “eatin’ dirt”

Some years ago Roy Blount Jr., clearly the funniest Southern writing today – except maybe for Jim Cobb and John Shelton Reed and Rick Perry (you gotta admit, that guy is a hoot) – wrote about being at a fancy New York literary soiree shortly after “The New York Times”...