by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Community, Sports
By Fred Woods Editor The Opelika Chiefs returned to the win column last Saturday night with a 20-18 triumph over the #1 ranked Metro Atlanta Horsemen in Atlanta. The Chiefs’ MVPs for the game-five win are Ki-Shawn Powell and Vashon Landers. Powell, one of this year’s...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Community
Special to the Opelika Observer Forty-five seventh-grade students at Opelika Middle School were recently recognized as Duke Tip Scholars. According to the 7th Grade Duke University Talent Identification Program, a Duke Scholar is an academically gifted student who...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Column
By D. Mark Mitchell MEET THE NEW OPELIKA FOOTBALL COACH AND HIS FAMILY The Opelika All-Sports Booster Club will host a “meet and greet” for new football coach Caleb Ross, wife, Amy, daughter, Rebecca Claire and son, Jack, April 17, starting at 6:30 p.m. in...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
By Alan Seals * Since the end of the Great Recession, just twenty counties generated half of the new businesses and the better part of economic growth for the entire country. Most of these counties are home to tech-intensive industries that employ skilled labor, such...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2017 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
Dear Editor, Three days before this past Christmas (2016) we came through Opelika on our way to South Carolina to spend Christmas. We were traveling on Highway 280-431and stopped at a Dollar General store at the edge of town. After shopping, I accidentally left my...
