by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
Roads are important and political OPINION — Many of you took to the roads to travel over Memorial Day. I am sure this resulted in rumblings and discourses about the deplorable conditions of Alabama’s roads. Most of you, if you went anywhere, had to travel on I-65....
by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
Fallen walls and broken gates, part two OPINION — Last week we looked at some lessons from the Battle of Jericho and suggested there was more to the story — a story within a story, as it were. This story has to do, not with the Israelites, but with one of the...
by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
Love Means Never Giving Up On Someone OPINION — Bob told me he made a lot of wrong choices growing up. In high school he ignored the curfew hour set by his parents, often coming home late at night “drunk as a hoot owl.”Bob was surprised by his father’s strange...
by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2024 | Obituaries
WILLIAM ROBERTS DEAN William Roberts Dean passed away peacefully on May 20, 2024.Born in Alexandria, Virginia, while his father served in World War II, William was a lifelong resident of the Auburn/Opelika area and a beloved husband and father.William attended Auburn...
by The Observer Staff | May 31, 2024 | Beth Pinyerd, Column
Summer has arrived OPINION — As a teacher, I love to teach about the different seasons of the year. I teach the Bible verse Ecclesiastes 3:1 — “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”I will be honest with you. Summer has...
