by The Observer Staff | Jul 22, 2025 | Events
BY KADIE VICKTHE LAFAYETTE SUN LAFAYETTE —The next LaFayette Main Street Downtown Food Truck Festival is Aug. 8 from 5 to 9 p.m. and will be located at the LaFayette Courthouse Square.“We do Food Truck Festivals quarterly downtown,” said LaFayette Main Street Director...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 15, 2025 | Politics
BY MICHELLE KEY | PUBLISHER OPELIKA — Miele Manufacturing announced its plans for a major addition to its manufacturing assembly facility located at 175 Orr Ave. in Opelika with a capital investment of just over $2 million as part of it’s $6 million investment the...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured
Several Mexican food establishments involved BY SAM VISEFOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Federal agents, supported by state and local officers, executed multiple search warrants in East Alabama on Tuesday morning as part of a fraud and drug investigation that led to...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 15, 2025 | Column, Sean Dietrich
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — The boy didn’t have a lot going for him. At least, that’s what his parents first thought.His parents were concerned. The other children would not stop laughing at their son. The other kids had turned him into a joke.His name was Al. And...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 15, 2025 | Ann Cipperly, Column
BY ANN CIPPERLY OPINION — With this year’s theme spotlighting cakes, a variety of scrumptious sheet cakes were featured June 24 in the Heritage Cooking Contest held at the Lee County Extension Office. The annual contest was sponsored by the Lee County Women’s...
