by The Observer Staff | Mar 24, 2026 | Events, Featured
BY KADIE TAYLORTHE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Worthy Squared [Worthy2], an organization advocating for those exploited by commercial sex or sex trafficking, is holding the Second Annual Warriors for Freedom 5K on Saturday, April 18, at 8:30 a.m. at the Opelika...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2026 | Featured
BY LANDI RUTLEDGEFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Dickie Johnson and Dylan Weaver are best friends and co-owners of Turn & Burn, an elevated street food truck that soft launched January 2025.After high school, they said they worked together at Jim Bob’s where they got...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2026 | Featured, Politics
BY KADIE TAYLORTHE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The East Alabama League of Women Voters invited the Coal Ash Action Group to BOXCAR on March 16 to watch a screening of “Sallie’s Ashes” and answer questions from viewers.Sallie’s Ashes is a documentary short that shows the...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2026 | Column, Walt Albritton
OPINION — BY TIM ALBRITTON Allow me to give you, the readers, a brief introduction. I’m Tim Albritton, Walter Albritton’s son. Mom and Dad had five sons; I was number four. Dad has experienced some health issues over the past month or so, which has led to him to ask...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 23, 2026 | Column
BY CASEY KINSOLVING OPINION — “If I were Jesus, I would ask God for a golden throne, a diamond crown and a sword made of lightning,” says Tyler, 10. “That would be glorious!”That would definitely turn some heads, but Jesus had something even better in mind.In John...
