by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Community, Schools
CONTRIBUTED BY ACESBY 4-H / KATIE NICHOLS AUBURN — Calling all high school sophomore, junior and senior 4-H members: Alabama 4-H ambassador applications are now open. Joy Scott, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System 4-H leadership specialist, said she is excited to...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Events
CONTRIBUTED BYUPTOWN COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, GA — Uptown Columbus is ramping up its spring event season, which means the return of the Friday Night Concert Series. The festivities began Friday, April 7, and area residents and visitors headed to Broadway to experience a...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Column, Politics, Steve Flowers
OPINION — As mentioned last week, the presidential race has begun. The first bomb or salvo dropped last week with the political indictment of Donald Trump by a Democratic New York Manhattan borough prosecutor. It used to be off limits to use the courts to indict a...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Community, Politics
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Richard LaGrand was sworn in as Lee County District 5 commissioner Monday night during the regular meeting of the Lee County Commission. In a last-minute addition to the county commission agenda, LaGrand was...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH “HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY?!” shouts the talking head on TV. I’m at an American diner. The kind with fried food and waitresses who call you “sweetie.” There is enough saturated fat in the air to cause a coronary event just by...
