By Daniel Schmidt | For The Observer MONTGOMERY — Their day began with a stunning defeat after going up a run in the top of the seventh inning. For nearly five hours that afternoon and evening, they waited to learn their fate in the elimination bracket finale. And by the time night fell, the Beauregard High School softball team had defeated a familiar foe for the second time in two days and claimed their place in the state championship...
By Daniel Schmidt, For The Observer MONTGOMERY – Full circle. It was a term Auburn High School head baseball coach Matt Hendricks used postgame to describe the feeling of victory as he soaked in the sight of his overjoyed team jumping around the turf at Montgomery’s Lagoon Park on Wednesday.Following the Tigers’ gutsy 1-0 victory over Enterprise High School – the same team eliminated them from the 2023 playoffs – to punch their ticket to the...
BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Since she was a little girl, Lori Craft dreamed of becoming a mother. But the path that led her there was anything but simple.Craft and her husband, Justin, began their marriage already parenting — he had two children, Heath and MacKenzie, from a previous relationship. Lori loved them deeply, but she longed for a child they could raise together from the start.The couple tried everything. Justin...
CONTRIBUTED BY FUSE THE DENIM AUBURN — In a fashion world often driven by trends and fleeting moments, Ayesha Ali is building something different — something that lasts, transforms and gives back.The founder and creative force behind Fuse the Denim, Ayesha Ali is not just launching a clothing line. She’s launching a movement: one that threads together personal identity, global craftsmanship and a fierce commitment to sustainability.Based in...
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Have you stopped to appreciate the intelligence of slime molds or to bask in the glory of a slobbering, obese possum lately?Local author Mary Dansak’s collection of nature-based essays will open your eyes to these and other uncelebrated treasures surrounding us in her new book, “Box Turtles, Hooligans and Love, Sweet Love.”“I find this life enchanting, spiders and jellyfish alike, and strive to share my own...
CONTRIBUTED BYCAITLYN GRIFFIN AUBURN— Larry Green was diagnosed in May 2024 with rapid onset dropped head syndrome, a rare condition characterized by severe weakness in the neck extensor muscles.By October, he could no longer hold his head up unless he was in a recliner. His daughter, Jessica Bowers — career development content and strategy manager for the Office of Career Development and Corporate Relations — turned to the Auburn Family for...
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BY MICHAELA YIELDINGFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The Springwood Hotel partially reopened on April 30 after the state fire marshal ordered the hotel to be shut down last September because of structural and safety concerns. Closure of the hotel, which...
Suspect’s weapon later identified as replica handgun CONTRIBUTED BY OPD AND ALEA OPELIKA — On April 26 at approximately 9:37 p.m., Opelika Police were dispatched to the 1300 block of South Long Street regarding a domestic dispute.Responding...
BY KADIE VICK FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Is there a piece of your social life missing? You might find it at one of Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers’ puzzle competitions. “You can always go to dinner, and you can always go see a movie, but being...
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