by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2022 | Community, Politics
BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission heard an update from Girls’ STEPS Inc. Monday night after a $12,000 contribution to the project. Tiffany Gibson-Pitts, Girls’ STEPS Inc. CEO and founder, presented information to the...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2022 | Column, Greg Markley
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — The Statue of Liberty poem, “The New Colossus”, under the slogan “Liberty Enlightening the World”, is now a global icon dealing with immigrants and their opportunities for success in the U.S. The poem ends like this: “…Give me your tired,...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2022 | Politics
According to many U.S. law dictionaries, the word “intimidation” is defined as the act of frightening or threatening someone in order to force them into doing something. As in frightening drivers already established on an interstate (or other highway) when you are in...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2022 | Politics
The speaker for the Aug. 4 Opelika Kiwanis Club meeting was Brendt Bedsole. He is the Auburn University football director of high school relations and pro liaison. He came and spoke on his path back to Auburn and a look into this years’ Auburn...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2022 | Politics
More work remains to make health coverage, child care more affordable for Alabamians CONTRIBUTED BY ALABAMA ARISE OPINION — Alabama Arise Executive Director Robyn Hyden released the following statement Monday in response to the U.S. Senate’s passage of the...
