by The Observer Staff | Apr 22, 2025 | Column, Sean Dietrich
OPINION — I am walking my blind dog in a public park. We are on one of those community tracks.People exercise everywhere. Joggers. Walkers. Cyclists. One woman is power walking, wearing earbuds, having a violently animated phone conversation with an invisible...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 22, 2025 | Ann Cipperly, Column
BY ANN CIPPERLY Billowing smoke from hickory over a custom 50-foot grill drifts throughout the parking lot at Trinity Church in Opelika, as 2,000 chicken halves slowly simmer for hours. Prepared with a secret recipe, the specialty chicken will be served at the...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 22, 2025 | Education
TUSCALOOSA — Olivia Seale Esposito of Auburn and Ryan Johnston of Opelika were among 40 University of Alabama student singers who traveled to perform in Berlin, Heidelberg and Leipzig, Germany. TROY — Troy University announced students who have been named to the...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 22, 2025 | Education
BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The controversy at South Smiths Station Elementary School intensified during the April 15 Lee County Board of Education meeting, where teachers and community members criticized Superintendent Mike Howard for his handling...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 22, 2025 | Education
BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Lee County Schools Superintendent Mike Howard said he plans to recommend interim Teresa Phillips as principal of the county’s Pre-K program at the Board of Education’s next meeting on May 13.“She chose to join me and...
