by The Observer Staff | Dec 24, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
Good News and gratitude OPINION — Romans 1:18ff is a downer in a book of good news. It is the longest list of sin in Scripture and it ends with God giving the people mentioned over to self-destruction (v. 24, 26, 28). How did this descent into darkness begin?...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 24, 2024 | Community, Featured
BY SAM HENDRIX, SECRETARYAUBURN HERITAGE ASSN. 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...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 24, 2024 | Obituaries
REV. CHETTE WILLIAMS SR.Rev. Chette LaRue Williams Sr., affectionately known as Bro. Chette was born in Winston, Georgia, on Sept. 3, 1963, the sixth son of the late Calvin Coolidge Williams Sr. and Katie Belle Williams Rasmussen.He was baptized at Old Mountain Top...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 24, 2024 | Education, Featured
BY JAMIE ANDERSON, AU COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT Pictured at the ribbon cutting are, from left, KPNC Manager Michael Buckman, Auburn University Board of Trustee Bob Dumas, city of Auburn Mayor Ron Anders, Auburn President Christopher B. Roberts,...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 24, 2024 | Calendar (Upcoming Events), Community
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — On Saturday, Jan. 11, which is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Worthy Squared will host the first annual Warriors for Freedom 5K, a way for the community to stand strong alongside survivors and advocate for dignity,...