by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Politics
Opelika Council approves nearly $1.3 million for OCS BY MICHELLE KEYMICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Opelika’s City Council approved a special appropriation of nearly $1.3 million to Opelika City Schools for sports arena improvement during Tuesday night’s...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Community, Letter to the Editor
“That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”Ponder it.What a beautiful promise that is! That a grand story is taking place all around us, even in the most mundane moments of life, yet still, this story has a place for each voice to find its place...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Community, Featured
BY DAVID BELLFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Just outside the front entrance of the T. K. Davis Justice Center in Opelika stands a war memorial that many people may not know exists. It contains the names of every Lee County resident who lost their life while serving in...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
Rce OPINION — The psalmist supplies us with several reasons for praising God in Psalm 103. At the start of his list is “forget not all of His benefits” (v. 2). In v. 3-8 he enumerates some of those. Applicationally speaking, this is a part of the psalm where there is...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
Like a stranger in the night OPINION — I have an idea that one day God grew weary of the scornful attitude some of his sophisticated children had toward his children who were trapped in the evil web of alcoholism.So He decided to use one of his alcoholics to reveal...
