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RELIGION — All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14 People who say such things show that...

RELIGION — Grady Rowell and I became friends when his family moved to Wetumpka shortly after World War II. We were classmates at Wetumpka High School and both our families were members of First Methodist Church in Wetumpka. Grady was 91 when his body died. Three days...

OPELIKA — The OHS varsity Bulldog baseball team (6-4) split four games last week, beating Liberty County and UMS-Wright and losing to Pike Road and Northside.  Opelika opened the week with a tough 5-2 loss to Northridge. The game was tied at one with Northside...

“Newspaper in Education Week” is this week, March 6 through 10. “The Observer” is “for local people, by local people” which includes children. Newspapers are truly a “golden egg” of resources and tools to be used in the early childhood classroom as well as by families...