by The Observer Staff | Sep 9, 2025 | Politics
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Environmental Services Director John McDonald gave an update on Monday night during the Lee County Commission meeting about the convenience sites that the county has opened for trash dumping on the weekends.McDonald...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 9, 2025 | Featured, Letter to the Editor
. OPINION — In the last four days, three major criminal acts have taken place in Lee County. Families have been devastated and our prayers are for them. On Thursday evening, Lee County Sheriff’s deputies and investigators were called to a Beauregard area store...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 9, 2025 | Calendar (Upcoming Events)
SEPT. 11 — GIN BLOSSOMSThe band Gin Blossoms will perform in concert at the Jay and Susie Gouge Performing Arts Center at Auburn University on Thursday, Sept. 11. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. SEPT. 17 — OLLI BROWN BAG LUNCHCarolyne Barske Crawford and Brian...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 9, 2025 | Column, Sean Dietrich
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — It was the dogs. The dogs are what got me. A few years ago, we visited the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and we saw a lot. Twisted steel girders. Baby-faced portraits of the deceased. Mutilated emergency vehicles.But it was the dogs that wrecked...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 9, 2025 | Ann Cipperly, Column
BY ANN CIPPERLY OPINION — In a country setting in Waverly with quiet streets and houses shaded by towering ancient trees, Meredith Frye is a busy mom preparing homemade meals and being co-owner of the Fig and Wasp antique shop with her mother. Meredith and her...
