by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2024 | Politics
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Auburn University will host a working courtroom on March 14, when members of the Alabama Supreme Court convene in the Gogue Performing Arts Center (GPAC), creating a historic moment in the university’s history and offering a...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2024 | Politics
BY DAVID BELLFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Auburn attorney Kris Patton is the lone Democratic candidate for District Judge of Lee County in the March 5 Presidential Primary election. Patton is seeking to replace Judge Russell Bush, who is retiring at the end of this...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION— “Friends and Neighbors” politics and “all politics is local” has gone by the wayside. Instead, we are a state and nation divided along partisan and racial lines. In Alabama, almost all white voters are Republican and almost all black voters...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2024 | Politics
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission continued its prevalent discussion on broadband in the county during its recent meeting and voted to move forward with three areas.The commission has agreed to use more than $4 million of...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics
BY MICHELLE KEYMICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council held four public hearings during Tuesday night’s meeting, with one of those being for the rezoning of the Renfro House located at 414 N. 10th St. in Opelika. That public hearing drew a...
