by The Observer Staff | Jul 27, 2016 | Column, Community, Sports
by D. Mark Mitchell GENERAL The Opelika City School System will start school August 4. This is a full day with buses running. Breakfast and lunch will be served at all the schools. OHS FOOTBALL The Opelika High football team traveled to Troy Monday to participate in...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 27, 2016 | Community, Letter to the Editor, Opinions
Dear Editor, We the people of legislative District 79 will be going to the polls soon to elect a new legislator to take the seat recently lost by Mike Hubbard, due to his conviction of public corruption while Speaker of the House of Representatives. As this is a...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 27, 2016 | Community, Politics
By Morgan Bryce Opelika Observer Councilwoman Patsy Jones held her quarterly ward meeting Thursday night at the Covington Recreational Center, discussing issues and problems within her district. Items on the agenda included the following: safety/community involvement,...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 27, 2016 | Community
By Morgan Bryce Opelika Observer Victory Designs, winner of the 2016 Opelika Small Business of the Year Award, was established nearly 20 years ago. The business, originally named OA Sports, served primarily as a sporting-goods store. Opelika residents...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 27, 2016 | Community
Photo by Robert Noles By Morgan Bryce Opelika Observer Though there is no relation between the two, Scottish-born Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Opelika-based author Peter Doyle both have one thing in common – a passion for writing tales of mystery...