by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | Politics
2021-02-16 Road Naming Ribbon Cutting Smiths...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | Events, Politics
Contributed by theLee County Sherriff’s Office A suspect in the late December 2020 shooting at the Del Ranch Bar in the Smiths Station area has been taken into custody. On Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, Clark County, Nevada, authorities notified Lee County Sheriff’s...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | Events
Contributed by theLee County District Attorney’s office The man whose viral social-media video depicting an assaulted individual tied to a chair with a fire burning underneath has been sentenced. Last month, Kendrick O. Hill of Auburn was sentenced to 45 years in...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | Featured, Sports
By JD McCarthyFor the Opelika Observer The Smiths Stations boys’ impressive season came to a close in Fairhope Friday. The Panthers fell to Fairhope 79-49 in the Class 7A Southwest Regional first round. The loss ended the Panthers’ season with a record of 19 wins and...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | Community, Featured
Contributed by EAMC In an effort to improve health care for residents of East Central Alabama, East Alabama Medical Center has donated a parcel of land in Opelika to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB). The land is located on the southeast corner of Dunlop...