By WALTER ALBRITTON The beauty of springtime often emerges during the Lenten season. Blossoming daffodils and dogwoods invite us out of winter...
Column Articles
OHS Spring Sport Success
ON THE MARK D. MARK MITCHELL The Opelika Middle School softball team beat Alex City Middle School, 6-3, last week. Lady Bulldog pitcher Cailyn...
April Celebrations Delight Children
By Beth Pinyerd March is blowing out this week and I am giving readers a heads up that April Fools’ Day sneaks up on us Friday, April 1. Families be...
Inside the Statehouse
Young Boozer, State Treasurer By Steve Flowers Young Boozer is state treasurer, again, and deservedly so. Boozer was first elected as Alabama’s...
Alabama Rain
By SEAN DIETRICH It’s raining in central Alabama. I am on my porch, barefoot, watching the rainfall, hypnotized by the sound. Rain can do strange...
Soot Life
By WENDY HODGE When I was a kid, I suffered from a fear of fire. It all began in the first grade. One of the first lessons we all learned in the...
Trinity’s Barbecue, Bake Sale, Craft Fair Scheduled April 2
By Ann Cipperly Billowing smoke from a 50-foot custom grill drifts through the parking lot at Trinity United Methodist Church as they cook 2,000...
Making the Grade: Esposito’s Italian Bistro
By STACEYPATTON WALLACE As I’ve previously mentioned, Mike and I moved to Auburn in November of 2015. Shortly thereafter, we moved our letter and...
Wearing God Down
By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika There’s a popular belief that if disciples pray hard enough about...