by The Observer Staff | Jun 14, 2017 | Community, Sports
By Fred Woods Editor The Opelika Chiefs won their second- round playoff game against the Georgia Cardinals, 38-0, at Beulah’s Bobcat Stadium last Saturday night to advance their season’s record to 11 – 1 and set up the American Conference...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 14, 2017 | Community
By Fred Woods Editor In case you haven’t heard, Alabama is going to have a special election to choose a new U.S. senator to replace former senator and now U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Primary is scheduled for Aug. 15, 2017, followed by a run-off election...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 14, 2017 | Community
By *Roz Stern You get it from your father, ’twas the best he had to give And gladly he bestowed it. It’s yours, the while you live. You may lose the watch he gave you and another you may claim, But remember when you’re tempted, to be careful of his...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 13, 2017 | Column
I’ve seen London, I’ve seen France And I’ve seen Rock City When I was growing up in lower Alabama, some folks from Tennessee arrived in our area. They worked out a deal with a local farmer just south of town that they would paint his barn if he would...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 13, 2017 | Column
Some of us were standing around the other night when this fellow ( we’ll call him John ), who has been in this part of the country for several years now, but who is of Yankee stock and still hasn’t completely overcome the disadvantages of his youth, started talking...
