by The Observer Staff | May 13, 2025 | Education, Featured
BY DAVID BELL FOR THE OBSERVER The Lee County School District has received special recognition for its outstanding accomplishments in music education. During a regular meeting of the Lee County Board of Education on May 13, School Superintendent Dr. Mike Howard...
by The Observer Staff | May 13, 2025 | Sports
BY KATIE MCELVY | THE LAFAYETTE SUN LAFAYETTE —Two sporting clay teams from Chambers Academy took part in the AISA State Sporting Clays Tournament last week, and one team walked away with a second place finish. Each team was comprised of four members with Brewer...
by The Observer Staff | May 13, 2025 | Obituaries
LILLIE BRAZELL WELCH Mrs. Peggy Blanton 80 of LaFayette, Alabama died Monday May 5, 2025 at her residence.She was born October 24, 1944 in LaFayette, Al to the late Homer Hurst and Annie Lauderdale Hurst.Mrs. Blanton was a member of LaFayette Heights Baptist Church...
by The Observer Staff | May 13, 2025 | Calendar (Upcoming Events)
ONGOING — NOON TUNESEnjoy live music in Opelika’s Courthouse Square every Wednesday at noon during the month of May. THROUGH MAY 18 — OPELIKA COMMUNITY THEATRE PRESENTS ‘RENT’Opelika Community Theatre will present Johnathan Larson’s acclaimed Broadway musical, “Rent”...
by The Observer Staff | May 13, 2025 | Column, Sean Dietrich
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — She shall remain anonymous.Her classroom was out of control. Had been for a while. The kids in her “at-risk” fourth-grade class were about as organized as a prison riot.That’s what we call them in today’s world. “At-risk youth.” Once upon a...
