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By BETH PINYERD As early childhood educators and parents embark on a new year of planning and teaching children, it is good to appreciate the young lives set before us and learn how to strengthen them with the belief of how God has created them with gifts and...

OPELIKA — The Opelika High School (OHS) Lady Bulldog basketball team (7-9, A 1-0) opened its area play with a 51-29 win at Smiths Station last Friday. OHS was led offensively by Tyra Pitts, who scored 12 points; Cherdi Daniels, who scored 11 points; and Z Fanning's 10...

By SEAN DIETRICH Goodbye old year. You were a decent year, I don’t care what they say about you. Yeah, a lot of crummy stuff happened in 2022. But a lot of good stuff happened in 2022. For starters, scientists finally pinpointed the origins of the universe....

By ANN CIPPERLY After so much rich food over the holidays, steaming bowls of soup are soothing comfort food on chilly January days. Whether it is creamy smooth, a chunky chowder or robust with beans, soup warms body and soul. Most soup recipes make a large pot, which...