by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Politics
CONTRIBUTED BY ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden inked the last of five animal protection measures into law Dec. 29 in the year-end spending bill to fund the federal government for FY2023. The FDA Modernization Act 2.0,...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Opinions
Keeping Alabama’s Priorities in Mind in the New Congress CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH EDDINS, DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY FOR SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE OPINION — I spent many years running onto football fields on gamedays across the country and can say nothing beats the...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Cora Sims of Auburn, Alabama, born April 10, 1957, passed away Jan. 1, 2023, in her home surrounded by her family. She attended Opelika First Assembly. Cora grew up in Pepperell Mill village. She did Bookkeeping and Taxes for 30 years. She was loved by many and loved...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Greg Markley
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — In 1992, I was editor of The Fort McClellan News in Anniston. I met an Army reservist from Wisconsin who told me an amazing story. He said he was an investigator in the Jeffrey Dahmer case in 1991. This was a chilling, horrible case of a...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Henry Carson Jackson Jr. of Opelika, Alabama, died in his home on Jan. 3, 2023. He was 71 years old. Carson was born on May 25, 1951, in Opelika, Alabama, to Henry and Cherry Sue Jackson. From the moment he was born, Carson was full of humor and perhaps a bit of...
