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....
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Home and Harvest Go Together
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...
Inside the Statehouse
The Shorty Price Story
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...
Alabama Women in the U.S. Senate — Part 1
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...
A Woman From Zambia, Sent By God
OPINION —During my first visit to the beautiful African country known as Zambia, my host Alfred Kalembo introduced me to his sister Catherine. Since...
A Long Way to Mobile
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...
Kathryn Blackburn Prepares Treasured Family Recipes At Blackburn Plantation
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...
Final Seconds
Changes the Game
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...
Sincerely But No Longer Yours
RELIGION —In Daniel 2, we have the first of the five visions found in the book. God initially gave the vision to Nebuchadnezzar in a dream and...