BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —It caught my attention — the story of a young man scoring a touchdown for Murphy High School in Mobile Thursday night,...
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —It caught my attention — the story of a young man scoring a touchdown for Murphy High School in Mobile Thursday night,...
BY D MARK MITCHELL OPINION —OPELIKA DOMINATES SMITHS STATIONThe OHS football team (4-3, R 4-2) beat Smiths Station 42-14 last Friday night at T.C....
OPINION —There is just something about the cool weather of fall which turns our hearts and family expectations to home. I call Opelika, Alabama, my...
OPINION —Alabama has had its share of what I call “run for the fun of it” candidates. The most colorful of all these perennial “also ran” candidates...
OPINION —In 1992, I wrote a historical series at Fort McClellan, Alabama, on the Women’s Army Corps. These were amazing women, but one I met at a...
OPINION —During my first visit to the beautiful African country known as Zambia, my host Alfred Kalembo introduced me to his sister Catherine. Since...
This is not my story. But it was told to me by an old man who lived it.The year is 1987. Rural Alabama. Our main character is a young kid. He’s at a...
BY ANN CIPPERLY /FOR THE OBSERVER Situated at the end of a long driveway, the classic southern home of Kathryn and Bryan Blackburn sits stately...
OPINION —AHS BEAT OHS 31-30 ON LATE TDAuburn High (5-1, R 4-1) beat Opelika (3-4, R 3-2) 31-30 in front of a standing room only crowd inside Bulldog...