By Bruce Green When we dip ourselves in the waters of the fourth chapter of the book of Acts, we get a look at disciples who were living out the...
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COVID-19 has brought life, sports world to grinding halt
By D. Mark Mitchell Although it’s been less than a few weeks, it seems like many months ago. I think about the night the NBA suspended the season...
The Week of The Young Child
By Beth Pinyerd April 13 to 17 is the “Week of the Young Child” as proclaimed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, which...
Social Distancing for Kids: Get Outside
By Bradley Robertson For the Opelika Observer First, I want to give a shout out to moms everywhere. Everything seems to have turned upside down, but...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Allow me to share some observations from the year thus far. First of all, I have never seen anything like the Coronavirus shutdown...
Treat family to a variety of yummy pound cakes
By Ann Cipperly Pound cakes are one of the easiest desserts to prepare and the most versatile. While there are several flavor varieties, a plain...
2020 CARES Act provides economic stimulus
By Justin Smith President Trump signed the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Acts (the CARES Act) into law last Friday. The...
Is Lee County one-of-a-kind? No, not literally.
By Greg Markley My column of Oct. 30 2019, “Opelika is for sale-the one in Texas, that is!” was one of my most popular. It mentioned Opelika and...
Quarantine
By Sean Dietrich I’m playing cards with my wife outside on our porch. We never do this. In fact, I can hardly believe this is happening. It’s almost...