by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Community, Events
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OPELIKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPELIKA — The Opelika Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Business Over Breakfast event on April 11, 2023, at Southern Union State Community College in Opelika. Join the Opelika Chamber of Commerce as it hosts the...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 2, 2023 | Community, Events, Featured
BY MICHELLE KEY MICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Amore Jo’Veah Wiggins was born on Jan. 1, 2006, to Sherry Wiggins — a mother that loved her and named her accordingly. Six years later, the remains of a small child were discovered in a wooded area in Opelika. The...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 31, 2023 | Community, Featured
BY THE OBSERVER STAFF UPDATED 2:31 p.m., Friday, March 31, 2023 AUBURN — Sidney Hancock, public relations specialist for city of Auburn Public Safety, confirmed to The Observer today that there is a heavy police presence in downtown Auburn from Magnolia Avenue to the...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 29, 2023 | Community
Storms tore through East Alabama Sunday night, March 26, causing damage to the roof and back wall of the building housing Niffer’s Place in downtown Opelika. Niffer’s stated in a Facebook post that it is grateful that no one was in the building at the time of...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 29, 2023 | Community, Events, Featured
East Alabama Event Raises Autism Awareness BY WIL CREWSSPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — East Alabama’s 12th annual Going Blue for Autism event is slated for this Saturday, April 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Courthouse Square in downtown Opelika. The city of Opelika...