By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As I’ve stated many times, I love Sweet Home Alabama dearly. However, there is one aspect of my home state, which I do not...

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As I’ve stated many times, I love Sweet Home Alabama dearly. However, there is one aspect of my home state, which I do not...
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika RELIGION –– I remember a man, a World War II veteran, who liked to say...
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Once there was only the King James version. Now there are dozens of different translations of the Bible. Many...
ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL OPELIKA — Students attending Opelika City Schools started the 2022-23 school year year this week. Students in the first...
By Beth Pinyerd Happy new 2022-2023 school year to our children, families and teachers. As teachers all over the county are welcoming in their...
By Steve Flowers Jim Oakley OPINION — A legend in Alabama newspaper, educational and political lore, Jim Oakley Jr. of Centreville turned 87 last...
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — The Statue of Liberty poem, “The New Colossus”, under the slogan “Liberty Enlightening the World”, is now a global icon...
By SEAN DIETRICH I’m writing this in the early morning. The birds are asleep, the crickets, too. The sun is about to rise, and it’s going to rise...
By WENDY HODGE It’s been a while since I drove downtown to visit my spot at the fountain in the courthouse square. For a long time, that was where I...