by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Community, Featured
BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Opelika’s local ice cream shop, O Town Ice Cream, has partnered with Cammie’s Old Dutch Ice Cream Shoppe’s creamery. O Town needed to find a new creamery at the beginning of June when its current partnership went...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Community, Events
BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LOACHAPOKA — Sparky’s Fireworks Barn is hosting a family-friendly July 4th celebration Friday, July 1, in downtown Loachapoka. Food vendors will set up at 5 p.m., and guests can enjoy a live Motown band at 7 p.m. The...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Community, Events
Recycled Teenagers, a group of seniors over the age of 62 who meet regularly at the Charter Foundation Adult Activity Center inside the Opelika SportsPlex, last week found out that “Axe” truly does marks the spot. The group had a miday exercise/fun outing...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION ― Circulating among Methodists lately has been a video of a United Methodist drag queen denouncing the Bible. Openly gay Isaac Simmons is celebrated by some as the first drag queen certified as a candidate for ordination in the United...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Obituaries
Jeanette Vordenbaum, 82 of Opelika, passed away June 21, 2022, at Bethany House. She was born Dec. 21, 1939, in Lee County to Alvis and Faye Taylor. Visitation was held on Friday, June 24, 2022 at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home, with a funeral service following at 11...
