by The Observer Staff | Nov 4, 2025 | Featured
BY KADIE TAYLOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — We’ve all seen little free pantry boxes and little free libraries — even art exchanges where visitors can take a piece and leave one they’ve created. Now, Beauregard has its own twist on the idea. Visit Mi Ranchito and check...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 4, 2025 | Featured
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — In the unseasonably chill Halloween air, a line of cars wrapped nearly completely around the Valley First Assembly of God Church. It was just shy of 9 a.m., and each one had come to receive their bimonthly food...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 4, 2025 | Events
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Red Clay Brewing partners with Flags for Vets to host day one of the second annual Freedom Fest on Nov. 7, 2025. The brewery will host a meet and greet with four medal of honor recipients and feature multiple bands performing at 7...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 4, 2025 | Featured
BY KAYLEIGH FREEMAN FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA – BigHouse Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving foster and adoptive families since 2009, is taking steps toward opening Little House Preschool, an early development child care service for foster children. ...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 4, 2025 | Politics
CONTRIBUTED BYALABAMA SENATE ALABAMA — Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger (R – Cullman) announced last week that Sen. Jay Hovey (R – Auburn) is being appointed to serve as vice chair of the body’s County and Municipal Government Committee. “As a former...
