by The Observer Staff | Nov 11, 2020 | Community
Photos contributed by the Opelika Chamber of...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 11, 2020 | Column
By Hardy Jackson My Daddy kept a file of things that interested and amused him – jokes, cartoons, and such. Some political, some “inappropriate,” some both. When I was a lad, not yet in my teens, he said I could read what was there. Just don’t tell Mama. Thus we...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 11, 2020 | Column
By Bradley Robertson There once was a good farmer who lived happy and content, free as a bird on his land in Alabama. He loved to farm because he knew he could take something as simple as dirt and plant a seed, nourish it and it would grow into something great. The...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 11, 2020 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By Sean Dietrich It hangs from my porch, slack on a breezeless day. It is stunning in the early sunlight. The colors are so vivid you can see them from 76 miles away. Oxide red, ivory and ultramarine blue. These three colors are everywhere in my neighborhood. Heck,...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 11, 2020 | Community
Contributed byJustin Smith, CPA You may be able to withdraw up to $100,000 from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or your 401(k) and avoid the traditional 10% early withdrawal penalty if you act by Dec. 30. Prior to the passage of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid,...