by The Observer Staff | Jul 28, 2021 | Column, Steve Flowers
Governor Kay Ivey Second Governor from Wilcox County By Steve Flowers Kay Ivey is doing a good job as governor. She is a strong and decisive leader, who has done more than steady the ship of state. She is getting things done. She is making her mark as a good governor....
by The Observer Staff | Jul 28, 2021 | Featured, Politics
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM Citizen requests continue as Lee County decides how to spend $32 million from the American Rescue Plan. Rev. Joshua Lewis asked the Lee County Commission Monday night to consider spending the funding in underserved and...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 28, 2021 | Politics
Contributed by Scott Stone Alabama State Board of Education member Tracie West announced last Thursday that she will run for a second term on the state board of education. A Republican, West was elected in 2018 after serving for almost 10 years on the Auburn City...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 28, 2021 | Column, Greg Markley, Politics
By GREG MARKLEY In the classic 1942 movie Casablanca, the protagonist Rick (Humphrey Bogart) owns a café in the Moroccan city, in December 1941. He says to a fellow café owner: “I don’t buy and sell human beings.” A black marketer who also sells exit visas, Signor...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 28, 2021 | Politics
Children and citizens of Opelika joined the Opelika Police Department at Covington Park last weekend for the Knowledge is Power: Navigating Traffic Stops and the Court Process event. It would not have been possible without the support of the Opelika Housing Authority,...
