Column Articles

Sean of the South | May 9, 2024

A mother's love OPINION — “I am a little old woman who lives in an assisted living facility…” her email began.Her following message was about the length of “War and Peace.” She is a woman who is as sweet as Karo syrup. But—and I mean this respectfully—brevity is not...

Inside the State House | May 9, 2024

Senator/Coach Tuberville is quietly effective OPINION — As the end of 2023 was approaching, the U.S. Senate had ignored the custom to adjourn around Thanksgiving for a month-long Christmas break. Instead, they were working right up to Christmas. Alabama’s senior...

Alter Call | May 9, 2024

The sound of those crutches OPINION — Now that walking is impossible for me without the use of a walker, it helps to remember friends who endured far worse physical pain without complaining. Their example inspires me to cease whining about a minor inconvenience on my...

Studying His Word | May 9, 2024

Friends, followers and community OPINION — Do you recognize where these slogans come from?“Caring is part of our package.”“Find your family at …"Did you guess Jack’s? If so, you only get partial credit because the business’s name is actually Jack’s Family Restaurants....
OHS Completes Busy Week

OHS Completes Busy Week

OPELIKA — The Opelika High School girls’ and boys’ tennis teams closed out the regular season schedule with loses to Trinity. The girls lost 0-9 and...

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Good

Good

By SEAN DIETRICH With all the important problems going on in the world — the war in Ukraine, political upheavals and Oscar Award winners assaulting...

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Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries

By WENDY HODGE Technology has opened the universe ... we have robotic surgery and driverless vehicles, digital money and quantum computing. We can...

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Never Forget This

By WALTER ALBRITTON Iflew home from Africa smiling as I as I thought, “I will never forget Never!” Never was the name of my interpreter in Zambia. A...

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OHS Postseason Pushes

ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL OPELIKA — Opelika High spring sports are finishing the regular season with hopes of making the AHSAA state playoffs. The...

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