by The Observer Staff | Feb 19, 2026 | Sports
    BY ROB DAVIS  A historic season for the Lee-Scott Academy girls basketball team came to an end on Wednesday with an 85-18 loss to perennial power Saint James School at the AHSAA 3A Central Regionals held at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome on the campus of Alabama State...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 19, 2026 | Sports
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT MONTGOMERY — A battle-tested Beauregard High School basketball team traveled to Montgomery with dreams of extending a magical postseason run with a win against Central Clay County High School. Instead, the Lady Hornets (17-9) committed 29 turnovers...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2026 | Featured, Politics
BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council voted 4–1 to approve the temporary moratorium on new residential and multiple-occupancy development projects.Ward 5 Council Member Todd Rauch led discussion and proposed amendments to the ordinance.“I want to...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2026 | Legals
ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE Property described below will be sold per the Self-Service Storage Facilities Act. Sale on Friday the 27th day of February 2026 at 10:00 AM with bidding to take place on StorageTreasures.com. Payment and pickup at facility. ...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2026 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY KEN MCFEETERS OPINION — Please let this letter serve as my formal appeal of the decision by the Alabama Republican Party Steering Committee to refuse to review my candidate challenge regarding Tommy Tuberville and whether he meets the clear...
