by The Observer Staff | Aug 22, 2017 | Community
By Fred Woods Editor At the Aug. 14 Lee County Commission meeting Alabama Cooperative Extension Director Gary Lemme presented the “Crystal Clover” award to the Commission and to the Lee County Extension Director Tara Barr. The award recognizes the Lee County 4-H...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 22, 2017 | Community
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter The up-and-coming alternative band Judah and the Lion will perform at Opelika’s John Emerald Distillery Sept. 7, as a part of their Going to Mars tour promoting their new album ‘Folk Hop N’ Roll’. Organized by Cottonseed Studios, the...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 22, 2017 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
Dear Editor, Early last fall I read a commentary by Alan West, a Black Republican, on “The Daily Wire.” a conservative news and opinion website. The article gave West’s opinion (an extremely negative one) of Colin Kaepernick, NFL San Francisco Forty-Niners...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 22, 2017 | Column
By D. Mark Mitchell OHS and SSHS last played in 2013 at Bulldog Stadium, with the Panthers winning only their second game over Opelika in the 22-game series that night, 3-0. In 2014, a classification change created the 7A division, which caused three of OHS’s rivals,...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 22, 2017 | Community, Sports
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter Coming off a 13-1 season that saw his team capture its first-ever state title, Beauregard High School head football coach Rob Carter said he expects even more from his Hornet squad in 2017. “We want to do something we didn’t do last...
