Column Articles

Making the Grade: On the Road to Grady, Alabama

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As I’ve often mentioned in this column, I love to eat, but I dislike cooking intensely. Therefore, family and friends who love to cook and are talented at the culinary arts hold a special place in my heart. One such person, who meets the above...

The Kingdom of More

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Deuteronomy 17:16-17 says this about Israel’s king: “The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are not to go back that way...

What Really Matters

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — The word “matters” is used often with reference to what is truly significant. When I ponder what really matters, three words come to mind: faith, family and friends. The longer I live, the less significance I find in things. Though Jesus...

OHS Basketball Enters Postseason

OPELIKA — The Opelika varsity girls and boys basketball teams completed the regular season last week. The Lady Bulldogs (10-14) won their final two regular season games against Dadeville (61-28) and Russell County (53-44). The leading scorers were Tyra Pitts with 14...
OHS Moves to 7A

OHS Moves to 7A

ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL The Alabama High Athletic Association's bylaws require the member schools to be re-classified every two years. Earlier...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

State Senate Will Have Little Turnover in 2022 By Steve Flowers 2022 was anticipated to be an exciting competitive election year. However, it is...

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Christmas Tunes

Christmas Tunes

By SEAN DIETRICH The last thing I want to do is sound like an old fart. But some things cannot be helped. Yesterday I was fiddling with my truck...

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HELPER PART II

HELPER PART II

By WENDY HODGE When last we met, I was parked on the access road next to the local park in my town — the Monkey Park, as all Opelikans know it —...

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