by The Observer Staff | Sep 13, 2017 | Community
By Wendy Hodge Opelika Observer While the southeast braces for Hurricane Irma and the tornadoes that may accompany it, Opelika has opened its homes and businesses to neighbors from Florida and Georgia who have had to flee ahead of Irma’s path. Thousands of evacuees...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 13, 2017 | Community
OCDC to open Christmas store By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter The Opelika Community Development Corporation has a plan to help make Christmas a little merrier this year for local parents and children. Jimmy Wright, owner of Wright’s Market and president of the OCDC,...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 13, 2017 | Community
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter The Opelika Theatre Company will present a musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic ‘Emma’, with three shows Sept. 21-23 at the Southside Center for the Performing Arts. In the story, the play’s namesake, Emma, is a teenage matchmaker...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 13, 2017 | Community
By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter ‘A Sunday Afternoon with Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors’, hosted by Cottonseed Studios, will be Sept. 24 from 4-8 p.m. at Opelika’s John Emerald Distillery. Gates will open at 3 p.m., and there will be a wide variety of food offerings...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 13, 2017 | Community
By Kristen Leonard Opelika Observer Opelika’s Trampoline and Tumbling Program has had a huge impact on athletes since the program was first brought here in 1993 by Valeri White, Opelika’s Parks and Recreation Trampoline and Tumbling Coach. Trampoline and tumbling is a...
