Column Articles

Best Medicine for Loneliness

By WALTER ALBRITTON Kind friends often express concern for me by saying, “I know you have missed Dean this year.” Those caring words remind me of the loneliness I have endured during my first year without Dean. They also remind me how, by the grace of God, I have not...

OHS Moves to 7A

ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL The Alabama High Athletic Association's bylaws require the member schools to be re-classified every two years. Earlier this week, the Central Board of Control approved the Classification System for Fall Sports in 2022-23 and 2023-24. The...

Around the World With Your Child at Christmas

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. By Beth Pinyerd During 2020 and 2021, the world has come to the doorsteps of families with young children in regards to the pandemic. Classroom Observer would like...

Inside the Statehouse

State Senate Will Have Little Turnover in 2022 By Steve Flowers 2022 was anticipated to be an exciting competitive election year. However, it is going to be a yawn of a political year. If you thought there was no competition for the constitutional offices and the...
Listen for the whistle

Listen for the whistle

By Wendy Hodge This world’s a noisy place. In all things, from advertising blaring at us from the television, radio, and Internet to technology...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

You know the results of Tuesday’s primaries for our U.S. Senate seat. I had to go to press before the vote. However, the assumption was that there...

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OHS Sports Roundup

OHS Sports Roundup

By D. Mark Mitchell The Opelika football team completed their first full week of fall practice with a scrimmage Friday afternoon inside Bulldog...

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OHS Sports Roundup

OHS Sports Roundup

By D. Mark Mitchell Opelika City Schools started classes for the 2017-18 school year. The Bulldog football team officially started fall practice...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Folks we are getting down to the proverbial lick log in the much-anticipated vote for the open U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff...

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The musician

The musician

By Sean Dietrich Opelika, Alabama—this is an old home. The kind of house with frilly curtains, decorative plates, and linoleum floors....

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