Students honor Lovell with touching tribute

Students honor Lovell with touching tribute

By Fred Woods Tom Lovell, long-time Opelika resident who died recently, was, in addition to being a highly successful cattle breeder, an internationally respected fisheries nutrition expert and one of the several fisheries scholars who made Auburn University Fisheries...
Beauregard falls to St. Paul’s Episcopal

Beauregard falls to St. Paul’s Episcopal

By Morgan Bryce Staff Reporter Beauregard’s hopes of back-to-back state titles were dashed Friday night, as the Hornets fell in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state playoffs to St. Paul’s Episcopal of Mobile 52-20. Without star running back La’damian Webb for a...
OHS Sports Roundup

OHS Sports Roundup

By D. Mark Mitchell The Opelika Bulldogs’ football season ended with a 26-24 Class 6A quarterfinal playoff loss to Hillcrest High School Friday night in Tuscaloosa. Trailing by nine points with a little more than three minutes remaining, the Bulldogs scored a...
General election to be held on Dec. 12

General election to be held on Dec. 12

Special to the Observer Alabama voters will come together Dec. 12 to elect either Democrat Doug Jones, Libertarian Ron Bishop or Republican Roy Moore as their next United States senator. Those three are running to fill the spot vacated by current U.S. Attorney General...