by The Observer Staff | Dec 23, 2025 | Community, Featured
BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER OPELIKA — East Alabama Health officially celebrated the grand opening of EAMC North, a new, freestanding mental health facility designed to expand access to inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services across the region. The opening program...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 16, 2025 | Politics
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — The city of Auburn will soon learn where it must pay attention to its roads after the Auburn City Council on Dec. 16 approved a sweeping traffic study intended to guide development and infrastructure decisions moving...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 16, 2025 | Politics
BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council approved a full slate of administrative, financial and infrastructure items during its regular meeting on Dec. 16, moving forward with multiple technology upgrades, right-of-way agreements and an annual...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 16, 2025 | Featured
BY ROB DAVISFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Sheriff’s Office, along with state and federal investigators, have arrested 22 individuals so far, in what the office is calling Operation Gang Shield. The 22 individuals are associated with the street gang...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 16, 2025 | Community, Featured
BY KADIE TAYLORTHE OBSERVER OPELIKA — This holiday season, Executive Director of Opelika Main Street, Kelsey Sullivan, said she wants to remind community members to remember Opelika’s small businesses when buying Christmas gifts and support local during the winter...
