by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Calendar (Upcoming Events), Events, Featured
AO Tourism announces Nov. 9 concert featuring headliner Tyler Childers CONTRIBUTED BY AO TOURISM LEE COUNTY — Auburn-Opelika Tourism will present the inaugural Live on The Plains music festival on Saturday, Nov. 9, featuring performances by Tyler Childers, Mountain...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Community, Featured
BY ANITA STIEFELEDITOR@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The area’s newest restaurant for those who love international cuisine is India Palace, which opened earlier this month at 1100 S. College St., Suite 101, in Auburn.Chef Sanjay Chowdhury prepares traditional Indian...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics
Lee County Commission allots more ARPA funds BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Loachapoka can release that breath it’s been holding in — the Lee County Commission entered into an agreement with Spectrum Southeast LLC for the broadband expansion plan in...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Community, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY ELESE MCKINLEY FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — In March 2023, Amanda Simmons founded the Nurses Honor Guard of the East Central Alabama Region, a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring the careers and contributions of deceased nurses.Through...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
The Challenging Beatitudes OPINION — The Beatitudes are not spiritual fast food. As with most of the Scripture, they are not well suited to our drive-through, microwave mentality. Rather, they should be thought of as a holiday feast to be lingered over and luxuriated...
