by The Observer Staff | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured
BY DAVID BELL FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller delivered his final State of the City address Feb. 19 before a large crowd at The Southerly event center. Fuller is Opelika’s longest-serving mayor, elected in 2004 and re-elected to five consecutive...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured
BY LOGAN HURSTON FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — On Feb. 21, the city of Opelika unveiled a new historic marker for the former J.W. Darden High School at 601 S. Fourth St. in Opelika, in front of what is now the Head Start Center.The unveiling ceremony started with an...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 25, 2025 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON My friends tell me they admire how strong I have been since the death of my son, Mark, on Jan. 15. I thank them for their kind words. But the truth is, I am not always strong; there are weak moments when sorrow descends upon me like a dark cloud. In...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 25, 2025 | Bruce Green, Column
BY BRUCE GREEN Anyone who’s ever been to VBS knows the song, Father Abraham. But what is the song talking about? What is its meaning? That’s the subject matter of Romans 4. God’s promise to Abraham (Genesis 12:2-3), represented the beginning of the demarcation of the...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 25, 2025 | Legals
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA JUVENILE DIVISION I. S. a minor child (DOB: 10/18/2011), Case No. JU 2022-414.02 NOTICE OF PETITION & SERVICE BY PUBLICATION\ NOTICE TO: DeAnna Lea Spoon, mother of I. S., who was born on 10/18/2011 at Maury Regional...
