by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2022 | Politics
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Lee County Commission welcomed Ross Morris Monday night as the new District 2 commissioner. Morris was appointed to the District 2 seat after it was vacated by Sarah Brown in October 2021. Brown filled the seat left...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2022 | Column, Greg Markley, Politics
By GREG MARKLEY In 2008, long-time New York Congressman Charles Rangel published a book titled “And I Haven’t Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress.” He writes that after the bloody Battle of Kunu-ri in Korea in 1950 as a 20-year-old...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2022 | Politics
BY HANNAH LESTER The city of Auburn is in the process of forming an art-related study group, which will look at changing the zoning ordinances in the city of Auburn. Recent news has citizens up in arms that the Auburn Zoning Board has called for the removal of a mural...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2022 | Events, Legals
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OPELIKA CITY COUNCIL March 15, 2022, 7:00 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with §23-4-2, Code of Alabama, 1975, that the City Council of the City of Opelika will conduct a Public Hearing during the regularly scheduled City Council...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 9, 2022 | Community, Featured, Sports
Preparing for Biggest Performance Yet By Wil CrewsSPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM Opelika’s “Recycled Teenagers” is ready to put its best foot forward. At halftime of the Auburn University Women’s basketball game against Georgia on Saturday, Feb. 20, members of the...