by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Community, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE LEE COUNTY — Capt. Tammy Booth Hollis was recently promoted from lieutenant to captain of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), making her the first female captain in LCSO history. Booth Hollis started with...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Politics
BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission voted to approve the purchase of new equipment for the Lee County Coroner’s Office. “If you back up a number of years, there was a lot of controversy around the transportation of...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Column, Greg Markley, Politics
BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION — I was a copyboy at the Providence Journal-Bulletin in Rhode Island from 1978 to 1981. Every December, quirky editors invited employees to participate in the “ghoul pool.” That was a competition to see who could predict the closest day to when...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Politics
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE ALABAMA — The Supporting Families of the Fallen Act — Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s legislation to raise maximum coverage amounts offered under Veterans’ Group Life Insurance (VGLI) and...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Legals
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY CARSON JACKSON, JR. IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NUMBER 2023-060 Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 10th day of February, 2023 by the Honorable Bill...