Community Articles

Food Bank of East Alabama celebrates its new building

BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERHGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — After almost four years of waiting, the Food Bank of East Alabama was able to host an open house to celebrate its new building last week.Back in 2020, the food bank planned an open house in March to...

Phenix City publisher elected APA president

CONTRIBUTED TOTHE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Denise DuBois, publisher and managing editor of the Citizen of East Alabama in Phenix City, has been elected president of the Alabama Press Association.DuBois is a native of East Alabama. In 2007, she began her career as a...

‘Cheese Curd’ update

Crisis strikes on episode 4: Where's the meat? BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — On this week’s episode of MasterChef Junior, Opelika’s 11-year-old Bryson McGlynn had a close call, but once again his skill on the grill reigned supreme.For the second...

GNN now broadcasting on WMJB 95.3 FM

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Lee County listeners are invited to tune in to the Good News Network (GNN) on WMJB 95.3 FM.Good News Network is the umbrella organization for GNN Radio, based out of Georgia, which broadcasts via satellite to 26 English...