By Wendy Hodge I shot a gun for the first time today. That makes me something of an anomaly, I suppose… a Southern girl, born and raised right here...
Same gun, different hands
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Column Articles
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers The storyline of last week’s GOP Primary runoff was the extremely low turnout. The big surprises to me were the big victories by...
Grandmother, granddaughter enjoy special time during summer
By Ann Cipperly After Martha Hill’s husband, Hoyt, passed away in 2015, life has changed, but faith and family have remained the most important....
The Nurse
By Sean Dietrich A frozen yogurt joint. I’ve just finished supper. My belt is tight from eating too much pizza. There are too many yogurt flavors to...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers You have the results of Tuesday’s runoff elections. I had to go to press with my column before the results were known. There are...
A summer at the Observer: intern Anna Riley shares her experiences
By Anna Riley My name is Anna Riley and I started interning at the Opelika Observer in the middle of May this year. I grew up in Rome, Georgia, but...
The Kitchen Sink
By Lucy Fuller You have to pull the cord exactly three times for the light to come on in the kitchen. Don’t turn it off by the switch, because then...
Women in Combat
By Hardy Jackson Not long ago some of our professional politicians began offering their opinions on whether or not women should be sent into a...
Good People
By Sean Dietrich She was hired to help him. He was elderly, house-bound, stuck in a recliner. She was young, a single mother, poor. She and her son...