by The Observer Staff | Mar 18, 2025 | Column, Sean Dietrich
OPINION — He was a good kid. You could just tell.He was maybe 11. Twelve at the most. He was in the supermarket. He had his little sister balanced on his hip. You don’t often see boys carrying toddlers out in public.The kid was filling a shopping buggy. He was...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 18, 2025 | Education
BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — At the regularly scheduled meeting on March 11, the Lee County Schools Board of Education recognized Teachers of the Year: Beauregard High’s Christy Kirk, Beauregard Elementary’s Kelly Hilyer, Beulah High’s William...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 18, 2025 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D MARK MITCHELL OPINION — As Opelika students enjoy their spring break, local athletes have been hard at work representing their schools in various sports competitions. With Area games on the horizon, spring break hasn’t slowed down the action. Here’s a recap of...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 18, 2025 | Bruce Green, Column
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Romans 7 is as challenging to grasp as Romans 6 is easy to understand. It would have been fine with most of us if Paul had gone straight from chapter 6 to chapter 8. But of course, had he done so, the first four verses of chapter 8 wouldn’t...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 18, 2025 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — There are likely a dozen good reasons why churches grow. The primary reason, of course, is obvious: God gives the growth. No one ever explained this better than Saint Paul when he wrote to the Corinthian Church, “I planted, Apollos watered,...
