by The Observer Staff | Jul 25, 2017 | Ann Cipperly, Column
By Ann Cipperly Sitting on her sun porch, Dianne Wages looks out over her garden to the Black Angus cattle in the pasture beyond. Seeing the cattle reminds her of growing up in Sumter County where her father was a cattle farmer. Her garden, named “Childhood...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | Community
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter Since 2000, a federal funding program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development called the ‘Community Development Block Grant’ has been helping to rebuild the homes and lives of citizens in Opelika. Designated for...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | Community
By Rebekah Martin Associate Editor Thousands of eighth grade students are expected to converge on the Opelika campus of Southern Union State Community College during the third annual Central Alabama Works Career Discovery Expo Sept. 14-15. More than 100 college,...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | Community
By Fred Woods Editor Reportedly, General (later president) Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking to media correspondents just before they were allowed to visit the first of the newly liberated Nazi concentration camps in 1945 told them to take as many pictures as they could,...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2017 | Community
Local couple owns and operates bait and tackle shop for two decades By Rachel King Opelika Observer Pepperell Parkway is one of Opelika’s most commercialized locations but look past the traffic and stores and it is also home to many small, local businesses like The...
