Column Articles

Opelika Sports | June 27, 2024

BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — Every successful high school athletic department has a strong Booster Club to help offset expenses in order to make sure the teams have what is needed to be the best. The items range from nutrition, food (meals), buses to travel long...

Alter Call | June 27, 2024

He's alive and I'm forgiven OPINION — Jesus died on Friday, so Saturday was a terrible day for those who had loved Jesus. God was silent on that dreadful Saturday. Jesus’ dead body lay in a dark, cold tomb. Hope had been swallowed up by sadness.The frightened...

Studying His Word | June 27, 2024

Praying Wisely OPINION — A couple in their sixties was walking along the beach when they spied an object hidden in the sand. They uncovered it, knocked the sand off, and identified it as an old, old lamp. Before they knew it — POOF! — a genie had appeared to grant...

Inside the Statehouse

Partisan political prosecution OPINION — Our First President George Washington advised that America should not have political parties. Washington was a very wise man. His leadership solidified the beginning of the bedrock of our Democracy. He was one of, if not our...
OHS Basketball Season Ends

OHS Basketball Season Ends

OPELIKA — The Opelika High School girls and boys basketball seasons ended with first round losses in their area tournaments. The Lady Bulldogs’...

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More, More, More

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Greed is wanting more than we need. It’s never a good look. It’s the attitude that says, “More, more, more!” when there is...

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Grace Enough for Hard Times

Grace Enough for Hard Times

By WALT ALBRITTON RELIGION — The next time you wonder why God allows people to suffer, turn in your Bible to Paul’s Second Letter to the...

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Love Returned To Heal a Heart

Love Returned To Heal a Heart

As an early childhood teacher, I love the month of February. Readers, if you want to be loved, and to have heartfelt joy and happiness, spend time...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Alabama Making Strides in Broadband Expansion OPINION — If you took a nighttime plane ride across much of the rural South in the early 1900s, you...

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Good Dog

Good Dog

By SEAN DIETRICH She has long red hair. Fair complexion. A high school senior. Quiet. Mild-mannered. When she speaks, her voice sounds like Locust...

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Heroes in Our Midst

Heroes in Our Midst

I talked in last week’s column about having done some photography in my college years. On one excursion, I found myself in Enterprise, Alabama, at...

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