by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Politics
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERHGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY —The new year is starting with a bang for Lee County with potential Beulah Quarry back on the agenda for the commission.Tara Brumfield and Mary Kilgore approached the Lee County Commission Monday night to...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
OPINION — Delighted to read [Observer 12/28/23 p.B6] about AU Graduation at ALDoC’s Staton facility which included APAEP (Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project) students I taught years ago. Blessed to have many students from tutoring, high school, thousands of...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Column, Greg Markley
BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION — It has been 51 years since the Supreme Court ruled in Roe V. Wade that the Constitution allows women to have abortions. It was a dreadful decision for my friend Stephen’s mother. Yet with four young children at home, she served as president...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Legals
PUBLIC NOTICEThe Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is considering making applications to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for a Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Program Loan and a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Obituaries
Home going Celebration for Dan and Callie Roberts will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at 3 p.m. CST at Pine Grove Church in Beulah, Alabama. Callie, born Dec. 28, 1944, went to meet her Lord and Savior on Dec. 25, 2023. Dan born on Dec. 07, 1941, joined her in...