by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2024 | Featured, Sports
Opelika Middle School history teacher Justin Devereux won his fourth National Championship Title at the 2024 USA Masters National Weightlifting Championship held April 13 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Devereux totaled 251 kgs (553lbs) in the combined snatch and clean...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2024 | Education
TROY, AL — Troy University has announced its Provost’s List for Term 3 of the 2023-2024 academic year, an honor reserved for full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who have a grade point average of at least 3.65....
by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2024 | Beth Pinyerd, Column
BY BETH PINYERD OPINION — The United States Census Bureau defines Baby Boomers as “individuals born in the United States between 1946 and mid 1964.” As a Baby Boomer who is 71 years old, where has time gone?Just like when you have a child, they were babies it seems...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — Anyone who follows the Legislative Session each year in Montgomery, knows that it is never short of controversy.The House has its priorities, the Senate has its own, and governors have theirs. And it is fair to say that those priorities are...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 19, 2024 | Editorial Board, Politics
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER ALABAMA — A coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations filed a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s Senate Bill 1 (SB1), which was signed by Gov. Kay Ivey on March 20. The law, set to take effect on Oct. 1 ahead...