By Ann Cipperly Ann Priester Bennett is surrounded with family history that stretches throughout Opelika and beyond, with one family member helping...
By Stacey Patton Wallace According to the internet (Again, I have to admit that researching with technology is faster than with books; however, I...
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika It wouldn’t be impossible to feel compassion for Haman (he was, after all,...
By WALTER ALBRITTON There have been times in my life when I was miserable and discouraged. Joy had taken a holiday. During one of those periods I...
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. By Beth Pinyerd Yesterday, Oct. 20, 2021, we...
By Steve Flowers During the Great Depression and coming out of World War II, the deep south had immense power in Washington. We were fortunate to...
By GREG MARKLEY Colin Powell, son of Jamaican immigrants in Harlem, rose to the zeniths of American authority—military, diplomatic and moral....
By SEAN DIETRICH Nighttime. I’m driving a two-lane highway. I like two-lanes. I like old fence posts. Old barns. I like all sorts of things. I like...
By WENDY HODGE It is Tuesday night, and my mother and I are watching reruns of Law and Order. I say we’re watching, but I’m the one watching. My...