by The Observer Staff | Dec 1, 2021 | Beth Pinyerd, Column, Schools
By Beth Pinyerd “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. Welcome to December. During this advent time, teachers and parents will feel joy as they spend Christmas around young children. Their joy and...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 1, 2021 | Column, Steve Flowers
Reapportionment Done, Legislative Races Begin By Steve Flowers The new lines are finally drawn for next year’s state legislative and congressional elections. They have just made it under the wire for the late January qualifying deadline and the May 24, 2022, primary...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 1, 2021 | Politics
Contributed by the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority The Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) awarded Gov. Kay Ivey the Excellence in Leadership Award for her unwavering commitment and dedication to the state of Alabama. “Governor Ivey has served and...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 1, 2021 | Community, Featured, Sports
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Greg Williams envisioned a program at Auburn that would be successful long after he was gone. Auburn’s Equestrian program is now award winning and well on its way to the success Williams’ hoped for. Williams was honored as...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 1, 2021 | Column, Greg Markley, Politics
By GREG MARKLEY It happened a few days after I arrived at Fort McClellan, Alabama, in November 1989 to serve as editor of The McClellan News and enlisted leader in public affairs. My boss asked me which team I was rooting for in the Iron Bowl that Dec. 2, the first...
