by The Observer Staff | Aug 12, 2025 | Politics
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT | FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN – A multi-million-dollar student housing development that will add hundreds of bedrooms to Auburn’s housing stock is now one step closer to breaking ground after clearing one of its final regulatory hurdles.That project,...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 12, 2025 | Politics, Schools
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER FOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — County Employees have another reason to celebrate the holidays — at its regular meeting on Aug. 11, the Lee County Commission voted to give employees Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 12, 2025 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY OPD OPELIKA — On Aug. 5 at approximately 4:29 p.m., Opelika Police responded to the 2100 block of Rocky Brook Road regarding a 76-year-old male who was struck by a vehicle at the end of his driveway. The victim was transported by ambulance to Piedmont...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 12, 2025 | Legals
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORSNEW 4-BED ADDITION TO INTEGREA GROUP HOME OPELIKA, ALABAMASealed bids will be received in duplicate by MR. JIMMY DICKEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO, from qualified General Contractors on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. local time, in the...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 12, 2025 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — In my devotional reading, I was stunned by the testimony of Kyoko Minekawa, a Japanese Christian woman. The child of an evangelist, she attended several schools growing up. Because she was a Christian, she endured the ridicule of...
