by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF AUBURN / CLARENCE STEWART AUBURN — The Auburn Police Department (APD) is excited to announce the release of APD Deck, a set of collectible K9 trading cards, including one card for each of the eight K9s and their handlers in its K9 Unit....
by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Community
BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Walk-On’s of Opelika opened its doors Monday, Feb. 6, to a line of hungry customers. With the promise of free food to the first 100 guests in line, some arrived as early as 7:30 a.m. to make sure they were a...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Community, Education, Events
CONTRIBUTED BY CHILDREN’S OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM — Children’s of Alabama is asking for your help to show some love to its patients on Valentine’s Day. Through Feb. 14, you can send free greeting cards to patients in the hospital. Visit...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Deuteronomy 17:16-17 says this about Israel’s king: “The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are not to go back that way...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — The word “matters” is used often with reference to what is truly significant. When I ponder what really matters, three words come to mind: faith, family and friends. The longer I live, the less significance I find in things. Though Jesus...
