by The Observer Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | Sports
BY JEFF MILLERFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The Southern Christian Patriots gave their fans plenty to cheer about Friday night at Moore Stadium, closing out their regular-season home slate with a commanding 48–12 win over the Stewart County Royal Knights on Senior...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | Column, Stacey Wallace
OPINION — Remember back in the 1970s when your favorite college football team might be on television once or twice in a whole season? To this day, I still can’t believe that in 1972, the classic “Punt, Bama, Punt,” between Auburn and Alabama was only on the radio....
by The Observer Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | Education
BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Board of Education is facing major changes following a work session last week where officials discussed major declines in student enrollment.The Board is in an untenable position due to a decade of student...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | Education
CONTRIBUTED BY RACHEL WINGARD, AU NEWS AUBURN — Anna Kate Boles, Gavin Lewis and Will Reynolds thought their summer internship with Booz Allen Hamilton in Huntsville would give them valuable experience in a real-world engineering environment. By summer’s end, they had...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY GROUNDSWELL OPELIKA — The 2025 Rural Renaissance Roadshow will be held in Opelika Nov. 10–12, bringing together more than 200 local leaders from across the nation to focus on rural resilience in energy, food, water and healthy housing systems.Andrew...
