by The Observer Staff | Nov 20, 2024 | Sports
BY JASON SCOTTFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — As a historic regular season for the home-schooled Southern Christian Patriots ended, another door opened up. The NFHA informed Coach Jason Scott and the boys of SCA that they had qualified to compete for the Division 2...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Politics
2024 Lamplighter Awards presented to community’s best and brightest BY DAVID BELLFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn Mayor Ron Anders delivered his sixth State of the City Address on Nov. 12, hosted by the Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University. The event was...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 20, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
The Trump triumph OPINION — Our 45th President, Donald J. Trump, was elected as our 47th President on Nov. 5. He not only won, he won overwhelmingly. Under the Electoral College system, our President is elected not by popular vote, but by a system where each state...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 20, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
A few words fitly spoken OPINION — The scene before me remains etched in my mind. I had walked into a huge ballroom in a hotel in Dallas, Texas, 15 minutes late. Five hundred people were already seated at tables, and I had no idea where to find a seat.Though I was...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 20, 2024 | Community, Featured
BY MALLORIE MCCOYFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Authorities in North Carolina benefitted from the experience of Lee County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Rita Smith, who traveled there to assist with the hurricane relief effort in Asheville after the...
