by The Observer Staff | May 12, 2026 | Letter to the Editor
OPINION —On Aug. 15, 2014, my 23-year-old son, Jamie Hubbard, died while in the custody of the Lee County Detention Center. Jamie was a good person who, like many young people, did not always make the best choices. That night, he was serving the first of three...
by The Observer Staff | May 12, 2026 | Featured
OPINION — “Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp… let everything that has breath praise the Lord!” (Psalm 150:3, 6)Before it ever housed a pulpit or organ, Trinity Presbyterian Church at 1010 India Road in Opelika, Alabama, had a different...
by The Observer Staff | May 12, 2026 | Community, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY EAH OPELIKA — During a surprise ceremony held Friday, May 1, Rose Marie Bryant, a nurse at East Alabama Medical Center, was presented with the DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award.The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award is a highly prestigious honor given...
by The Observer Staff | May 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
CONTRIBUTED BY WES ALLEN, ALABAMA SECRETARY OF STATE I am Wes Allen, Alabama’s Secretary of State.Today, I want to make sure Alabama voters understand exactly what’s happeningwith our elections. I will not recap what has brought us to this point. The purposeof this...
by The Observer Staff | May 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED BY THE HUNTSVILLE SPORTS COMMISSION. Hammer’s top-bins rocket leads AHS to 7A title BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER AUBURN — Despite watching last year’s state championship slip away and dropping both regular season meetings to Oak Mountain High...
