by The Observer Staff | Jul 12, 2023 | Politics
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission recognized Jimmy Wood, shop foreman for the Lee County Highway Department, during its meeting on Monday night. Wood has been working for Lee County for over 28 years,...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 12, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
RELIGION — Hebrews 11 is one of those passages that everyone is familiar with and finds inspiration in. The standout stories from Abel to David to Daniel sweep across the biblical narrative and provide us with examples of the people of God rising to meet adversity,...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 12, 2023 | Politics
BY MICHELLE KEY MICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council and Mayor Gary Fuller honored Opelika Police officer Adam Stadler during Tuesday night’s council meeting. Stadler, who has served with the police department for six...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 12, 2023 | Greg Markley
OPINION — It doesn’t matter whether the writer has already published or is a novice seeking glory. When a writer sees that new critiques of their work are available on Goodreads, they anticipate that these readers wrote nice things about their book. If the work is...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 12, 2023 | Community, Schools
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that Representative Jeremy Gray has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious 2023 Cahn Public Service Fellowship. The esteemed fellowship grants Gray the...