On the MarkBy D. Mark Mitchell Opelika’s Varsity softball team ended its season with two losses in the area tournament last weekend at West Ridge....
Column Articles
Name changes, ghosts of Robert E. Lee and a legendary horse
By Greg Markley Ceneral Robert E. Lee, born in Stratford, Virginia in 1807, could not save the South from defeat; the Confederates won some battles...
The Month of May Celebrates Safety, Sweet Dreams and Smiles
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. By Beth Pinyerd This school year has been...
One Good Way to Love Your Neighbor
By Walter Albritton The word “herd” became an acceptable part of my vocabulary in childhood. My dad was an honorable man who served others by...
Thank you to my children, for training me up
By BRADLEY ROBERTSON ''Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not stray from it.” Proverbs 22:6 I have always seen...
Commercial Break
By WENDY HODGE Remember the NBC Sunday Night at the Movies? Way back in the 70s and 80s, NBC had a running Sunday night schedule featuring made for...
Laura Cooper is ‘mom to many’ at unique center for children, youth
By Ann Cipperly While Laura Cooper has a child of her own, she is also a “mom of many” as the executive director of the Lee County Youth Development...
MAKING THE GRADE – OSKAR’S CAFÉ
By Stacey Patton Wallace My Mama Barbara Patton (By the way, she is not the former mayor of Opelika, but I think it’s cool that they share the same...
A Great Place To Be
By Bruce GreenTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Beverly Gaventa notes how “prayerful thanksgiving dominates 1...