by The Observer Staff | Aug 14, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY THE ANIMAL HEALTH CENTER BY HOMER S. BRUCE / LEE COUNTY RABIES OFFICER LEE COUNTY — A cat has exposed 11 staff members at a local veterinary hospital (Opelika) and four family members to rabies. The family exposed is from Hurtsboro in Russell County....
by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2023 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell, Sports
OPINION — We are less than two weeks from the start of high school football in Alabama. Locally, Lee-Scott and Chambers Academy will play the first football game in our area on Thursday, Aug. 17, at Jud-Scott Field on the Lee-Scott campus. Opelika opens the season...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2023 | Community, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY AUBURN — For the first time in several years, the famed Auburn Oaks at Toomer’s Corner are again ready to roll. The decision to allow rolling of the large oaks was made recently after years of Auburn University asking fans to...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2023 | Sports
AUBURN, AL – August 06, 2023 – Auburn Associate Head Coach & Running Backs Coach Carnell “Cadillac” Williams during a Fall camp practice at the Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn, AL. Photo by Austin Perryman AUBURN, AL –...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 10, 2023 | Community, Schools
CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC OPELIKA — Southern Union State Community College welcomed more than 1,000 freshmen to campus during its Bison Bound orientation sessions this summer. Bison Bound helps prepare new students for college. The program exists primarily to orient...
