by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2017 | Community, Education, Sports
By D. Mark Mitchell Opelika Observer After a coaching career that has spanned two decades, head coach Brian Blackmon has resigned as the Opelika High School athletic director and football coach to take a job with the Auburn University football program. Blackmon will...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2017 | Community
By Ann Cipperly Opelika Observer Although the surroundings have changed, water today steadily flows over the dam at Halawaka Creek by Bean’s Mill in Opelika just as in the 1830s. One of the earliest mills in the Chattahoochee Valley, Bean’s Mill is the only...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2017 | Community
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter Growing up in Jackson, Tenn. in the midst of the Great Depression, Gene Dorris, founder of the well-known Opelika Dorris Signs, said the only thing he wanted to do was paint like his father Vick. “It’s the only thing I ever wanted to do,...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2017 | Community
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter Construction began recently on a new, multi-use recreational bike path in downtown Opelika, a part of the city’s continuing effort to become a bicycle-friendly community. According to City Engineer Scott Parker, the project, called...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2017 | Column, Sports
OHS GIRLS BASKETBALL The Opelika girls basketball team (24-8) lost 59-39, to Hillcrest of Tuscaloosa (30-2) in the second round of the AHSAA 6A state playoffs. OHS played last Friday in the Acadome on the Alabama State University campus. The Lady Bulldogs scored a...