by The Observer Staff | May 17, 2023 | Column, Greg Markley, Politics
OPINION — As former President Jimmy Carter remains in hospice and in people’s prayers, a lesser-known episode of his life is worth a relook. In October 2000, he left the Southern Baptist Convention because of an ideological split. Carter had several differences with...
by The Observer Staff | May 17, 2023 | Community
The guest speakers at last week’s Opelika Kiwanis Club meeting were Sam DiChiara, right, co-host of the local podcast Lee County Listener, and Michelle Key, not pictured, owner of Key Media, LLC. DiChiara and Key shared insight into the entire process of running...
by The Observer Staff | May 17, 2023 | Obituaries
Our beloved Willie C. Brooks, of Opelika, passed away surrounded by loved ones on May 7, 2023, at the age of 62 years old. He was born December 25, 1960, in Chambers County, Alabama on Christmas Day and was a gift to his parents Lamar Brooks Sr. and Carrie Lee Brooks....
by The Observer Staff | May 17, 2023 | Obituaries
The funeral services for Melba Cosby will be Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 3 p.m. at Frederick-Dean Funeral Home. The Rev. Rick Lane will officiate. Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. prior to the service at 3 p.m. Melba was born in Chambers County, Alabama, on April...
by The Observer Staff | May 17, 2023 | Opinions
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPINION — Dear Editor, As a judge for 30 years, I sentenced those convicted and reviewed cases on appeal — putting or keeping thousands of offenders in jail or prison. I generally agreed with the sentence imposed, but there were others that...
