by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2025 | Featured, Sports
By Daniel Schmidt HUNTSVILLE — For the past week, the Lee-Scott Academy girls’ soccer team has made a habit of leaving things to the last second and living life on the edge. And with a shot at the team’s first Alabama High School Athletic Association state title on...
by The Observer Staff | May 8, 2025 | Featured, Sports
By Daniel Schmidt | For The Observer MONTGOMERY — Their day began with a stunning defeat after going up a run in the top of the seventh inning. For nearly five hours that afternoon and evening, they waited to learn their fate in the elimination bracket finale. And by...
by The Observer Staff | May 7, 2025 | Featured, Sports
By Daniel Schmidt, For The Observer MONTGOMERY – Full circle. It was a term Auburn High School head baseball coach Matt Hendricks used postgame to describe the feeling of victory as he soaked in the sight of his overjoyed team jumping around the turf at Montgomery’s...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Politics
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN – The fate of a proposed solid waste collection fee increase will remain in the balance until June 3 after the Auburn City Council on Tuesday postponed a vote on amending the city ordinance.The city has not increased its solid...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Politics
BY MICHELLE KEY | PUBLISHER OPELIKA — The council held a public hearing for an ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance and Map to rezone 20.1 acres of land located at 2502 Anderson Road from R-1, rural district to R-3, low-density residential, and later introduced the...