by The Observer Staff | Jun 23, 2021 | Events
By Emery LayFor the Opelika Observer The Opelika Chamber of Commerce is here to remind those living in the Lee County area that summer fun and tourist-destination-hopping does not have to end when summer comes to a close. If you are looking for a late-October...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 23, 2021 | Featured
By Emery LayFor the Opelika Observer Born and raised here in Lee County, Charlotte Patterson has fought many fires during her life, but none quite big as the battle she fought with cancer. Today, several females work at the Opelika Fire Department. However, Patterson...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 23, 2021 | Community
Contributed by EAMC The East Alabama Medical Center Freestanding Emergency Department — part of the Auburn Medical Pavilion in the Auburn Research Park — began operation on Wednesday, June 23 at 7 a.m. The 12-bed, Level III trauma center offers patients another option...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 23, 2021 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH What I am about to tell you is going to sound ridiculous. So, I won’t blame you if you speak ill of me. All I ask is that you do it behind my back. For 17, maybe 18 years I have been going on daily walks. Always the same route. When I’m walking,...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 23, 2021 | Community
By Michelle KeyPublisher J. W. Darden High School alumni gathered at the homesite of Dr. J.W. Darden last Friday to honor a beloved educator for the 70th anniversary of the school’s founding. The school was the first high school in Opelika for African American...
