By Ann Cipperly At her home on Fourth Avenue in Opelika, Jane Haynie is surrounded by family photos and mementos as she talks about the small...
Column Articles
Making the Grade: Brick & Spoon
Stacey Patton Wallace I’ve always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In fact, there’s an old saying: “Breakfast like...
Unchained Part 2
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Not only did Paul know through the Scripture that God’s word could not be...
An Urgent Plea to My Fellow Citizens of Alabama
By WALTER ALBRITTON As one old citizen of Alabama, I am deeply concerned about the future of our state as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based...
Opelika Takes the Stand at Media Days
ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL Last week, iHeartRadio's FOX Sports the Game 910-1310 and the Orthopaedic Clinic held it's annual "High School Media...
Hello August Celebrations
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. As teachers, parents and students, August...
Inside the Statehouse
Governor Ivey Should Coast to Reelection By Steve Flowers For over a year I have been touting the fact that the 2022 election year in the Heart of...
Could a Building Named for a Beloved Admiral be Renamed Someday?
By GREG MARKLEY While visiting Naval Station Great Lakes, near Chicago, recently I noticed a building was named after Admiral Mike Boorda. He went...
Lil’ Towns
By SEAN DIETRICH It’s late morning in Brewton, Alabama. Sunlight peeks over the trees. A distant train whistle whines. The scent of the nearby paper...