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Opelikabasketballseason ends

BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — The Opelika High varsity girls and boys basketball teams’ seasons ended in the first round of the Area tournament, last weekend at the Auburn High School gymnasium.The Lady Bulldogs lost their opening round to AHS, 89-44 last Friday....

Parades, hearts and honesty

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPINION — After living in Mobile for so many years, I want to say Happy Mardi Gras to Classroom Observer readers by tossing you a moon pie and saying, “I Love You to the Moon and Back!”Mardi Gras is celebrated all over the world. Parades...

Legislative session begins: Here are players to watch

BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION— The 2024 Legislative Session began this week. It can last three and a half months from Feb. 6 to May 20.The Alabama Legislature is a very conservative body. It has super Republican majorities in both the Senate and the House. The Senate is...

Brother John

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — Pineview Street. A nondescript house. Off-white. One story. Nothing fancy. Nice neighborhood. Manicured lawns.On the back of the house is a newly built wheelchair ramp. I knocked on the door. The caregiver answered.Inside, the first thing...
Homo Unius Libri

Homo Unius Libri

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION ― Circulating among Methodists lately has been a video of a United Methodist drag queen denouncing the Bible. Openly...

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Jesus from Mark 

Jesus from Mark 

By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika RELIGION — Life was seldom smooth for Jesus. He was tempted by Satan...

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Youth All-Stars in Action

ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL OPELIKA — The Opelika Dixie Youth Baseball Ozone All-Star Team swept through two games to capture the district...

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Planting Seeds with Your Child

Planting Seeds with Your Child

By Beth Pinyerd Ecclesiastes 3:1,2 states, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Bill Baxley By Steve Flowers The 1970 governor’s race between George Wallace and Albert Brewer overshadowed every other political race in the state...

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DOG

DOG

By SEAN DIETRICH I have here a letter from a friend which reads, “My beagle of 14 years has died. I don’t know what I should do. Tell me what I...

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Redneck Wanderlust

Redneck Wanderlust

By WENDY HODGE This time of year, social media is full of vacation pictures … selfies in front of historic landmarks, family group shots at...

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