by The Observer Staff | Sep 9, 2026 | Obituaries
Theresa Hope Turner Theresa Hope Turner, age 86, of Phenix City, passed away on Sept. 7, 2026, at Piedmont Midtown with her children present. She was born Sept. 27, 1939, in Seale, Alabama, to the late Thomas J and Nena Bridges Gleaton. She retired from Mead Westvaco...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 8, 2026 | Education, Featured
BY STEVEN STIEFEL | FOR THE OBSERVER Lee County Superintendent of Education Mike Howard stated he will resign, effective Dec. 31. He did not attend a Sept. 8 work session, where school board members discussed options for finding his replacement with board attorney...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 8, 2026 | Sports
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER AUBURN — In their return to Duck Samford Stadium for the first time in nearly 10 months, the Auburn High School flag football team put on a clinical 34-0 mercy-rule thrashing of Booker T. Washington High School on Sept. 1.Outside of...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 8, 2026 | Community, Featured
BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER AUBURN — Hardy Gilbert remembers the silence. In a city known for noise, movement and crowded sidewalks, that was one of the things he said stood out most on Sept. 11, 2001. Gilbert, owner of The Avondale Bar & Tap Room in Auburn, lived...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 8, 2026 | Community, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY JEFF MILLER, ACES AUBURN — Service is at the heart of the Alabama Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program. Through a network of Extension agents and trained volunteers, the program is an active partner across Alabama — devoting time and expertise to...
