by The Observer Staff | Oct 18, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
1948: The only year political party leadership mattered in Alabama OPINION — All politics is now nationally partisan driven in most of the country and definitely in Alabama. Alabama is a one-party state when it comes to national and state general elections. For about...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 18, 2024 | Column, Stacey Wallace
The Hornet’s Nest OPINION — On Nov. 23, Mike and I will have lived in Lee County for nine years. These years have flown by, and we have fallen in love with our home county. In fact, if I listed everyone and everything that I loved about our home, I’d have to...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 18, 2024 | Featured, Sports
BY NOAH GRIFFITHFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN –– Down a dirt trail on Lee Road 669 in Auburn you’ll find Beehive Baseball Park. At first glance, it’s nothing unusual — there’s teams hitting, fielding and pitching as any baseball club does. If you’re lucky, though, you’ll...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 17, 2024 | Beth Pinyerd, Column
Through the eyes of a child OPINION — With Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton having hit the Southeastern United States recently, it refreshes memories that Lee County has been affected by tornadoes — we all have been affected by natural disasters in some way. As...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 17, 2024 | Column, Sean Dietrich
For the love of cornbread OPINION — I don’t engage in controversy. But sometimes I have to. And this is one of those have-to moments.Namely, because I feel it’s my duty as a citizen of this country to bring important matters to the forefront of a national discussion....
