by The Observer Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Politics
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE MARSHALL ALABAMA — Attorney General Steve Marshall recently announced a $44 million statewide agreement with Walmart to fund opioid abatement in Alabama’s cities and counties. This is the fifth settlement negotiated...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Column, Greg Markley, Politics
OPINION — In the drama “Absence of Malice” (1981), a reckless reporter (Sally Field) gets her comeuppance from an honest character (Paul Newman). After a devout Catholic woman tells the reporter she had an abortion, the reporter puts that into the paper, despite...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Community, Featured
OPD Seeks Solutions with Community Support BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTHKENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA— With rising concerns about crime in Opelika, the Opelika Police Department (OPD) took some time last week to introduce new programs — and highlight a few existing...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Anxiety is a serious issue in our world today. In this five-part series, we’ll explore this problem, as well as the difference faith in God can make.) “Monk” aired from 2001 to 2009. It not only achieved, but surpassed the requisite 100...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Legals
IN RE THE ESTATE OF: BETTY C. HODGE, Deceased. IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY ALABAMA CASE NO. 2022-591 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT LETTERS TESTAMENTARY of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of October, 2022, by Hon. Bill English,...