by The Observer Staff | May 27, 2025 | Column, Stacey Wallace
BY STACEY WALLACE OPINION — Sometimes, I am in the mood for a really good steak. Now, that particular food made the Patton family laugh many years ago. In the early ‘70s, my Daddy, Mama, my two much older brothers Jim and Mike and I traveled to the Great Smoky...
by The Observer Staff | May 27, 2025 | Sports
BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER SMITHS STATION — Lee County Schools recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the-art, multi-purpose athletic field at Smiths Station High School — the first fully covered high school field of its kind in...
by The Observer Staff | May 27, 2025 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D MARK MITCHELL OPINION — Opelika City Schools are officially out for the summer after Friday night’s graduation ceremony for the Class of 2025 inside Bulldog Stadium. A packed house gathered to watch the largest class of students (500 plus) in OHS history receive...
by The Observer Staff | May 27, 2025 | Obituaries
JUDY CLARK MYERSJudy Clark Myers, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and Opelika native, passed away peacefully on May 22, 2025, at Bethany House in Auburn.Born on July 8, 1948, in Columbus, Georgia, Judy was proud to be a “Pepperell Kid,” having grown up...
by The Observer Staff | May 27, 2025 | Column, Walt Albritton
OPINION — When I decided as a teenager to live for Jesus, I had no idea how frustrating that would be. My struggle to live “like Jesus” met with disappointment at every hand. It began to seem foolish to think that I could imitate Jesus in all my attitudes and...
