by The Observer Staff | Jul 6, 2022 | Community
By Justin Trausch For The Observer OPELIKA –– They say a business is only as good as the people that work there. That’s probably why Jim Bob’s Chicken Fingers has been a staple in Auburn and Opelika for the past 20 years — that and the great food, of course. Two...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 6, 2022 | Community
BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Roxie Ramsey may have just celebrated her 80th birthday, but she’s quick to tell you she’s still learning and growing. Through a lifetime of meeting challenges with faith and perseverance, Ramsey has grown...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 6, 2022 | Community
Opelika Main Street to Use Funds for Outdoor Game Station CONTRIBUTED BY AARP MONTGOMERY — Last Wednesday, AARP Alabama announced five organizations throughout the state will receive 2022 Community Challenge grants — part of the largest group of grantees to date with...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 6, 2022 | Community, Events
BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — An original Alabama talent, FunnyMaine, will visit Crown of Comedy in Auburn. Jermaine “FunnyMaine” Johnson was born in Opelika but began his professional career at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 6, 2022 | Column, Sean Dietrich
SEAN DIETRICH Three of us sat beside Mama’s above-ground pool, out in the wilds of Black Creek. We were beneath a dollar-store umbrella, and a canopy of live oaks and longleafs. My mother, my kid sister and me. Mama’s old transistor radio played Don Gibson’s “I Can’t...