by The Observer Staff | Aug 23, 2023 | Column, Politics, Steve Flowers
Big Jim: “Just spell my name right!” OPINION — Alabama has never had a more colorful governor than Big Jim Folsom. He also was a brilliant politician who understood the importance of name identification. My ninth-grade civics teacher was Miss Mary Lamb. She had taught...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 23, 2023 | Community, Featured
Becky Richardson served the city of Auburn for 47 years, 30 of which she spent as the director of Parks and Recreation. Now, she is stepping into retirement. BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Becky Richardson is retiring after 30 years as...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 23, 2023 | Community, Politics
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE OPELIKA — Last week U.S. Sen.Tommy Tuberville announced that his office will be leading informational sessions about the application process for U.S. Service Academies throughout the month of August in...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 23, 2023 | Column, Greg Markley, Politics
OPINION — As a 20-year-old copyboy at a large newspaper in 1977-1980, one of my unofficial jobs was ensuring the 70-something photo editor would not forget to put obituary photos back in the file to be given to the sender. A non-glamorous job for sure, but I found it...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 23, 2023 | Politics
Ignoring the Epidemic Could Lead to Wrongful Death Liability CONTRIBUTED TOTHE OBSERVER OPINION — During 2022 a staggering 110,236 Americans — an average of 300 a day, or one every five minutes — was killed by a drug overdose; an ever growing number of unnecessary...
