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Southern Hospitality | Serve a decadent dessert for Valentine’s Day

BY ANN CIPPERLY On Valentine’s Day this year, treat your family to one of their favorite meals and serve a scrumptious, homemade dessert. Whether it is a special cake, brownies or cheesecake, homemade desserts prepared with loving hands are a sweet token of...

Sean of the South | Valentines Day

OPINION — I’ve seen her climb a mountain. On her birthday. No joke. I was beside her, praying for God to kill me. When we made it back to earth, she was so overcome with emotion all she could say was, “Sumbitch.”To which I agreed, “Sumbitch.”And then we cried.I won’t...

When you can’t walk, be carried

There’s a story in Mark chapter 2 that has always made me smile — and well, challenged me at the same time. Jesus has returned to Capernaum, and word spreads quickly that He is teaching in a house. The crowd is so thick that no one can even get through the door....

On the Mark | Bulldogs peak as postseason nears

OPINION — The Opelika boy’s basketball team (20–6, Area 3–3) put together its best week of hoops since the John Wadsworth era in 2015, knocking off both Central and Auburn in front of electric, sold-out crowds at the OHS Sports Arena. The back-to-back wins catapulted...
Making the Grade | Stinson Breads

Making the Grade | Stinson Breads

BY STACEY WALLACE OPINION — As I’ve mentioned many times in this column, my husband and I have fallen in love with the city of Opelika, while living...

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