by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — OPELIKA BASKETBALLOpelika’s girls and boys basketball teams opened region play against Smiths Station, last Friday night in the Main Street Gym at Opelika High School.The Lady Bulldogs (R 0-1) lost a close game 44-40 in front of the...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Beth Pinyerd, Column
BY BETH PINYERD OPINION —I can reflect on this special warm memory like it was yesterday. My mother, the late Marie V. Jones who lived in Opelika all her married life, had moved down to Spanish Fort, Alabama, to be close to me, my husband and grandchild in her elderly...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Column, Steve Flowers
BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — My notebook of observations from 2023 was so full that I will continue this week.Our new United States Senator, Katie Boyd Britt, has proven to all of us that she is indeed the superstar we predicted she would be. She is sensational. She has...
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...
