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Classroom Observer | Aug. 8, 2024

Teachers greet students with hope OPINION — Our students enter the classroom this week to begin the 2024-2025 school year. As teachers, when we see hope in a child we work to ignite it.Deuteronomy 28:6 — You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go...

On the Mark | Aug. 8, 2024

BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPELIKA — The Opelika football team started fall practice Monday, preparing for the 2024 season. Head coach Bryan Moore has a new schedule for the next two seasons.OHS plays five road games and five home games. Here is a summary of the opponents on...

Alter Call | Aug. 8, 2024

The most tragic word in society OPINION — Jesus was preparing his disciples for his departure. He washed the feet of his disciples as an example of the love they should have for each other. He had endured the pain of observing Judas leave the table to carry out his...

A taste of grace

Staying humble and hungry OPINION — Most of us have heard of the John Godfrey Saxe poem, The Blind Men and the Elephant. It is based on a traditional Indian parable and tells of six blind men from Indostan who came across an elephant. As each touched a different part,...
Tears At the Classroom Door

Tears At the Classroom Door

As school has started back in our preschools, as well as different childcare situations, we might hear that when young children separate from their...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Big Jim’s Run for Congress OPINION — We will continue this week with the saga of Alabama’s most colorful governor, the legendary Big Jim Folsom. Jim...

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Bulldogs Biting to Get Back

Bulldogs Biting to Get Back

OPINION — We are less than two weeks from the start of high school football in Alabama. Locally, Lee-Scott and Chambers Academy will play the first...

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The Homework Table

The Homework Table

Here we are as students and families head into the second week of school and we begin to take on the adventures of homework. I can remember it like...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Friends and Lawyers OPINION — We continue this week with our series of stories about Alabama’s most colorful governor, the legendary Big Jim Folsom....

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Angel Eyes

Angel Eyes

The man was ordering a beer from the bartender when I noticed him staring in my direction. “You’re that writer, ain’t you?” he said. That depends....

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