by The Observer Staff | Sep 17, 2026 | Featured
Kyle Sandler, the former Opelika businessman who served federal prison time after defrauding investors through The Roundhouse business incubator, has been reported to have died June 22, 2026.The Human Intelligence Ledger reported Sandler died after suffering a...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 15, 2026 | Education, Featured
by The Observer Staff | Sep 15, 2026 | Featured, Politics
Recent firing of a Lee County deputy for misuse of camera data adds local urgency to a national debate over privacy, access and oversight BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — When a gunman killed two students at Brown University last December, the break that...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 15, 2026 | Featured, Politics
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER Correction: The Auburn City Council voted to postpone a vote on vacating the Prosper at Plainsman Lake sewer easement at 1803 Kenai Pass at the request of Bison Trust until Oct. 6. The Observer originally reported the council approved...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 15, 2026 | Featured, Politics
BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council approved new regulations governing hemp stores and moved forward with additional restrictions on package liquor stores during its Sept. 15 meeting.The council approved amendments to the city’s zoning...
