BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION — In December 1989, the first story I wrote at Fort McClellan was covering at Zero-Dark-30 the transport of basic trainees...
At Ft. Moore, holiday ‘holdovers’ kept busy with fun
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Making the Grade: On the road to Columbus, Georgia
BY STACEY WALLACEPHOTOS BY MIKE WALLACE OPINION — As I have mentioned many times in this column, I dislike and distrust most technology. However,...
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BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — It’s a rainy night in Columbus, Georgia. I have an interview on the local evening news. This is a monumental occasion. My...
Pulling back the curtain, Part two
OPINION —Last week we saw an angel telling Daniel about how he was delayed three weeks by “the prince of the Persian kingdom (10:13). He also spoke...
Jesus is everything
OPINION —John was dying. The end was near. He had suffered for months with terminal cancer. His doctor had said, “There is nothing more we can do....
Weekly recap of local high school hoops, wrestling
BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — OPELIKA BASKETBALLOpelika's girls and boys basketball teams opened region play against Smiths Station, last Friday...
Seeing and appreciating winter all around
BY BETH PINYERD OPINION —I can reflect on this special warm memory like it was yesterday. My mother, the late Marie V. Jones who lived in Opelika...
More observations from 2023
BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — My notebook of observations from 2023 was so full that I will continue this week.Our new United States Senator, Katie...
Sen. Tuberville, a Benedictine monk and the saga of abortion
BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION — It has been 51 years since the Supreme Court ruled in Roe V. Wade that the Constitution allows women to have abortions. It...