by The Observer Staff | Aug 21, 2015 | Column
In recent years “Mission Trips” have become a popular summer experience for youth groups in various churches. The idea is to get a bunch of teenagers to channel their energies into a week or so of traveling somewhere where they can live and work and help people and...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 21, 2015 | Community, Slider
Grabbing industry’s attention By Fred Woods Editor The 1950s may have brought the Korean War to the world stage but it brought the chance for Opelika to unite as a community. In the late 1940s Opelikans were using a 25-bed hospital facility located at the...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 21, 2015 | Obituaries
Jon Christopher Cochran Jon Christopher “Chris” Cochran, 38, of Auburn, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A memorial service for Chris was held at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 20, 2015, at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. Dr....
by The Observer Staff | Aug 21, 2015 | Community
The Big House Foundation reaches mobile clothes closet fundraising goal By Rebekah Martin Associate Editor The wheels on the Big House bus will soon be going ‘round and ‘round. The fundraising campaign that kicked off earlier this month has already reached its goal of...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 21, 2015 | Community, Slider
OHS welcomes new band director Neil Sasser By Anna-Claire Terry Staff Reporter As Neil Sasser takes the reins of the Opelika High School Marching Band as the new director, he and his family are happy to settle into a city with such a “rich band tradition.” According...
