by The Observer Staff | Dec 20, 2016 | Community
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library will be closed for renovations Jan. 2 – 15, according to a press release from the city. Library Director Rosanna McGinnis said that the renovations include a new coat of paint and carpeting for the main...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 20, 2016 | Community
By Kris Martins Opelika Observer Terry Andrus, East Alabama Medical Center president and CEO, remembers Robert Mardre as not only an expert in his medical profession, but an expert gentleman — one who will be missed at the hospital following his passing about a week...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 20, 2016 | Community
By Fred Woods Editor A Coast Guard veteran named Bama Brown will soon own a service dog named Tom Bryan. No, there’s no UA-AU conflict here. Bama was in the Coast Guard with a bunch of Yankees who thought he talked funny and they started calling him Bama because they...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 20, 2016 | Community
By Fred Woods Editor Lee County Commission actions last Monday night relative to redeeming nearly $9 million of Series 2009 Limited Obligation School Warrants on Feb. 18, 2018. will result in an interest savings to Lee County taxpayers of about $1 million. The School...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 20, 2016 | Community
Special to the Opelika Observer The 2016 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index named the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area No. 6 in the Best Performing Cities Annual Index, up from No. 10 in 2015. The Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index ranks U.S....
