by The Observer Staff | Sep 14, 2016 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
Dear Editor: Anyone who is an avid reader of some of Alabama’s statewide media will notice a definite lack of coverage when it comes to misdeeds of the Alabama legislature as covered by the local media. Unless it comes from the courts, it’s not likely to make the...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 14, 2016 | Community, Events
Special to the Opelika Observer The Gnu’s Room, in association with the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Auburn University, is hosting the second annual East Alabama Book Festival Oct. 30 from 1-5 p.m. at Pebble Hill in Auburn....
by The Observer Staff | Sep 14, 2016 | Community, Events
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter The Opelika High Theatre Society opened its 2016-17 season Thursday night, as they performed an adaptation of Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Lost in Yonkers.” The play is set during World War II, and tells the story of two...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 14, 2016 | Community, Sports
by D. Mark Mitchell Opelika High senior Ben Garner won the sixth annual Opelika Cross Country Invitational, sponsored by the Opelika All-Sports Booster Club, with a time of 16:30. The cross country course is located at the Opelika Sportsplex. The OHS girls and boys...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 14, 2016 | Community, Politics
By Fred Woods Editor Because of the anticipated heavy absentee voter turnout for the upcoming Presidential election and the ongoing construction at the Lee County Justice Center, the Absentee Voter Office has been temporarily relocated as of today, Sept. 14, to The...
