by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION— The most interesting race to watch this year in Alabama will be for the newly drawn second con-gressional district.The new seat was drawn by the federal courts to create a second majority minority district in Ala-bama. Currently we have six...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2024 | Column, Greg Markley
BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION — When Lee County election results were announced for the 1996 general election, it was apparent that Republicans made great gains. This was my first election as a political writer in Alabama. At the then 100-year-old courthouse a delighted man...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2024 | Legals
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA,IN RE: THE MATIER OF MASON LEE ROGERSCASE NO. 2021-675NOTICE OF HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a Petition for Final Settlement and Affidavit of Final Accounting of the Conservatorship of Mason Lee Rogers, was filed by...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 24, 2024 | Obituaries
William “Bill” M. McLeroy Jr., aged 83, of Opelika, was born in Lincoln County, Georgia on Nov. 29, 1940, and passed away at Arbor Lake on Jan. 21, 2024. He was the epitome of what every husband and father should aspire to be. He was a proud member of the First...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 24, 2024 | Obituaries
Stuart Warren Whatley Sr, of Opelika, Alabama, passed away Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. He was born on Aug. 12, 1935. He is preceded in death by his wife of 62 years Mary Celia Whatley; his parents Thomas Jefferson Whatley II and Marjorie Whatley Funchess; his brothers...
