by The Observer Staff | Apr 29, 2025 | Sports
BY KATIE MCELVYTHE LAFAYETTE SUN Lady Rebels SoftballThe Chambers Academy Lady Rebels have advanced to the state softball tournament. In order to get into the tournament, the Lady Rebels had to win a best of three series against Lowndes Academy.In the first game, a...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 29, 2025 | Sports
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT | FOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — With area schedules virtually wrapped up and the regular season almost at its end, there was little on the line for Auburn High School and Beauregard High School other Lee County bragging rights.However, that proved to be...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 29, 2025 | Column, Stacey Wallace
BY STACEY WALLACE OPINION — As I’ve mentioned before in this column, when I transferred to Auburn University as a juniorin 1983, when Fred Flintstone pedaled to work, there weren’t that many restaurants in Auburn.The nearest restaurant was miles from my tiny apartment...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 29, 2025 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — Opelika’s Track and Field team participated in the Section Meet in Smiths Station last weekend with the following athletes qualifying for the 7A AHSAA State Meet:Girls::100 Meter Dash12.18 – Serenity Rufus, 4th200 Meter Dash24.27...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 29, 2025 | Obituaries
Patricia Lovelace Freeman Born in Lafayette, Alabama, on April 24, 1936, Patricia Lovelace Freeman passed away peacefully of natural causes on April 17, 2025, at Southeast Health Hospital in Dothan, Alabama. There will be a graveside service at Antioch Baptist Church...
