By Hardy Jackson My generation is on a nostalgia kick. This is what happens when a cluster of codgers have outlived their usefulness and have time...
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Column Articles
Wonder Woman Needs A Nap
By Wendy Hodge It is Saturday. A rare kind of Saturday. It’s only one o’clock, and my errands are done. The house is clean. The fridge is stocked...
Opelika drops heartbreaker to Wetumpka, loses 30-28
By D. Mark Mitchell Opelika (1-3 overall, 1-1 in region) lost to Wetumpka (4-0 overall, 2-0 in region) 30-28 in a huge region game Friday night at...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Since this is a gubernatorial election year, allow me to share an epic Governor’s Race with you. The 1986 Governor’s race will be...
Brenda Boteler creates healthy dishes to share with neighbors
By Ann Cipperly When Brenda and Bob Boteler decided to move to Opelika, they were looking for a friendly neighborhood. After talking to various...
Tough Guy
By Sean Dietrich Thelma Lou sleeps on my lap. She is 70 pounds of bloodhound. She is wearing a handkerchief around her neck. Tomorrow is a special...
Hot air and grease
By Hardy Jackson If you didn’t know it, alternative energy efforts are being undertaken in the region. Well, as our late President Richard Nixon was...
Chasing Sunsets – Part 2
By Lucy Winn Fuller Life didn’t get easier. It got harder. I had a very abusive stepfather and rebelled in my teenage years. The harder he hit me...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Conservative Republicans like Jeff Sessions have been obsessed with illegal immigrants for years. Sessions is and has always been a...