by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Community, Events
CONTRIBUTED BY LCLC LEE COUNTY — Lee County Literacy Coalition is partnering with the Affordable Connectivity Program and SwaCONNECT to host a Literacy Wonderland outreach event on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is designed to bridge the digital...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Community, Featured
BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIKA — The Opelika Police Department (OPD) is restructuring.During the Dec. 19 Opelika City Council meeting’s work session, Opelika Police Chief Shane Healey delivered a presentation to Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller and the council. Healey...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Column, Stacey Wallace
BY STACEY WALLACE | PHOTO BY MIKE WALLACE by STACEYPATTON WALLACE Last month, on Sunday, Nov. 5, our good friend Jack had a very bad day. He stepped wrong and fell in his backyard, breaking both the tibia and fibula bones in his ankle. Even so, Jack, who teaches at a...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
BY SEAN DIETRICH The day before New Year’s Eve. I was stuck in Birmingham rush hour. A ten-mile line of standstill traffic stretched before me. It looked like I wouldn’t be getting home until sometime around the next papal installation.The Dodge truck beside me towed...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —The passing of Christmas ushers us into the season to ridicule the making of New Year resolutions. Critics say it’s foolish to make lofty resolutions that most of us will give up on before the end of the month.Though there is truth in that...
