by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Politics
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — In a brief 26-minule-long meeting, the Auburn City Council addressed several items of business coming off of the holiday season: The council approved an ordinance establishing no parking zones on both sides of Miller Avenue...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Featured
BY SAM HENDRIX,AUBURN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION Seventy-five years ago this January, Auburn resident Marianne Jackson Cashatt (1933-2011) was on top of the world: a popular senior at Lee County High School with abundant school and church activities and plans for college....
by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Featured, Slider
James Douglas “Doug” Vaughan, seated center, celebrated his 100th birthday with his family on Jan. 5. Born in 1925 in Opelika, he attended school in Opelika and Beauregard and graduated from Clift High School, where he drove the school bus during his senior year....
by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Calendar (Upcoming Events), Events
CONTRIBUTED BY OPL OPELIKA — Friends of the Library will host two events on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Opelika Public Library, 1100 Glenn St. Book SaleHardbacks will be sold for $2 and paperbacks and other items will be sold for $1.From 8 to 9 a.m., admission is limited...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Calendar (Upcoming Events), Events
CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC LEE COUNTY — Caroline Lybarger, the reigning 2024 Miss Southern Union, will complete her year of service on Jan. 16, when the new 2025 Miss Southern Union is crowned at Brazeal Auditorium on Southern Union’s Wadley Campus.The Miss Southern Union...
