By Ann Cipperly When family walks in the house, there is something wonderful and welcoming about the sweet aroma of cookies baking in the oven....
Column Articles
Making the Grade: Full Moon Bar-B-Que
By Stacey Patton Wallace Some holidays just scream, “Ribs!” Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day come to mind. Now, my husband Mike is the griller...
Less Than Paradise
BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika The Book of Esther is a head turner. It’s about a Jewish woman (Esther), who...
The Influence of One Small Woman
By WALTER ALBRITTON While visiting Methodist mission stations in Southeast Asia, my wife and I worshipped one Sunday at an English-speaking church...
Bulldogs 2-2 After Beating Eufaula
ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL The Opelika High School varsity football team (2-2, R 2-0) forced five fumbles, intercepted three-passes and scored 21...
Lee County Displays Autumn
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. By Beth Pinyerd I love South Alabama,...
Inside the Statehouse Census Results — Revealing
By Steve Flowers Well folks, the final census figures are in from last year’s 2020 nose count. The census is taken every 10 years to determine the...
‘America First’— What the Heck Does That Mean These Days?
By GREG MARKLEY “Freedom is not free,” “My country right or wrong” and especially “America First” are famous patriotic phrases in the U.S. They are...
RISE
By SEAN DIETRICH I am on the beach alone. I am watching the sun lift itself high above the horizon, driving the dark away. The blue-purple morning...