by The Observer Staff | May 4, 2022 | Events, Schools
Contributed By Auburn University/Charlotte Hendrix AUBURN — “FretHaus,” a guitar exhibition combining art, design and function, is on view at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University through July 31. For the first time, the museum is...
by The Observer Staff | May 4, 2022 | Beth Pinyerd, Column, Schools
By Beth Pinyerd I love the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Take me out to the crowd, buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks, I don’t care if I never get back. It was written by Jack Norworth in 1908 and has had fans singing the lyrics ever since. As spring...
by The Observer Staff | May 4, 2022 | Column, Steve Flowers
By Steve Flowers OPINION — Our iconic senior United States Sen., Richard Shelby, turns 88 this week. Shelby is in the waning months of his monumental career in the Senate. He will end his tenure at the end of this year after 36 years in the U.S. Senate. Shelby is one...
by The Observer Staff | May 4, 2022 | Politics
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com OPELIKA — The Opelika Planning Commission voted to send recommendations on the zoning ordinances to the Opelika City Council during its meeting last week. The changes included Section 7.3.A District Regulations and Section...
by The Observer Staff | May 4, 2022 | Politics
BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council accepted a proposed ordinance for advertising for a public hearing. The proposed change to the city’s ordinace would amend section 7.3a “area requirements” to provide that the maximum number of...