by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Education, Schools, Sports
Goins hired as the new voice of the Auburn High School Tigers CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN CITY SCHOOLS AUBURN — Auburn Network has announced that Jacob Goins will take over the play-by-play broadcasting duties for Auburn High School football, boys & girls basketball and...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Sports
Current, former Auburn University student-athletes to compete against world’s best BY ANITA STIEFELEDITOR@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM WORLDWIDE — The Opening Ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics (officially, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad) is set for Friday, July 26, in...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — Most schools in Alabama start within the first two weeks of August. Lee County Schools’ first day for students is Aug. 6, Lee-Scott Academy’s first day is Aug. 7 and Opelika and Auburn City Schools’ first day for students will be Aug....
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Education
Opelika City Schools board calls meeting to speed renovations BY EMILY WRIGHTFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA —The Opelika City Schools Board of Education called a special meeting on July 9 in order to expedite construction of two projects: repairs to the men’s restroom at...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 18, 2024 | Column, Sean Dietrich
Summer OPINION — It’s a perfect summer evening. The world is moving slow. It’s hot. The sounds of the world are music. Crickets. Insects. Frogs galore. And the magnificent sound of my redneck neighbor, Jerry, four-wheeling his pickup truck through the mud on the...
