BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —Words are precious. We communicate our needs, our dreams and our feelings with words. Since it’s Christmas time, let’s...
Altar Call | Choice Christmas Words
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On the Mark | OHS basketball roundup and more
BY D. MARK MITCHELLOPINION — The Opelika Bulldogs boys basketball team continues its impressive run, improving to 10-2 overall after recent wins...
Southern Hospitality | Samford family shares Christmas traditions, recipes
BY ANN CIPPERLY With a towering 12-foot decorated Christmas tree, the mantel embellished with ornaments on a garland, tables set with festive décor...
Sean of the South | How Amazon stole Christmas
OPINION —The story was told to me by a former deliveryman named John.The Christmas season was the busiest time of year for delivery-persons. Drivers...
Altar Call | Overflowing hope
All creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has...
On the Mark | Bulldogs proud despite loss
OPINION — Opelika’s first trip to the Class 7A state championship didn’t end the way Bulldog fans had hoped, but Wednesday night’s loss to Thompson...
Sean of the South | Christmas signs
OPINION —Tony James stood holding a cardboard sign on the street corner, caught in the cold drizzle.Damp clothes. Sun-beaten skin. Moving around to...
On the road to the Breezeway
OPINION —A little over two weeks ago, my good friend Shelly, who lives in LaGrange, Georgia, came to Auburn to go shopping and have lunch with me on...
Sean of the South | A Thanksgiving to remember
OPINION — Wake up early. Still dark outside. It is 30-odd degrees on Lake Martin and I can’t feel my unmentionables. The 1940s cabin is poorly...