By WALTER ALBRITTON “You sorry dog!” The use of those insulting words sometimes led to a fist fight when I was growing up. Little did I realize this...
Column Articles
Opelika Athletics Complete Busy Week
ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL The Opelika High School varsity soccer teams swept Valley in Fairfax last week. The Lady Bulldogs beat the Rams 10-0 in...
Snowmen or Sunshine
By Beth Pinyerd Hello March! In my early childhood classroom, this teacher and her students always left a snowman banner up through the middle of...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Kay Ivey Still Favorite to Win Reelection Usually in a gubernatorial year the governor’s race grabs the spotlight. However, with...
Oakwood Boys’ Basketball Team Thrown for Loop, not Hoops
By GREG MARKLEY The religious principles at the heart of a controversy in Huntsville involving a parochial school boys’ basketball team remind me of...
Lost & Found
By SEAN DIETRICH My wife and I played a game of catch today. We were supposed to be packing because we are in the middle of moving houses. But there...
Chef Jimmy Stinson Shares Recipes For Celebrating Mardi Gras
By Ann Cipperly After working decades in the restaurant business, Chef Jimmy Stinson has found Creole and Cajun cuisines to be his favorite style of...
Making the Grade: The Hound
By Stacey Patton Wallace As I’ve mentioned before, blessings can be found, even during this almost two-year pandemic. For example, one of the best...
Real, Right And Rewarding
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika 1 And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am the Lord your...