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Hotel residents ordered to leave facility

BY ANITA STIEFEL | THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — “Less than 24 hours’ notice, and now what are we supposed to do?” asked 61-year-old Donald Preston, who along with more than a hundred other residents of the Springwood Hotel in Opelika were forced onto the street Tuesday...

India Palace brings international flavor to Auburn

BY ANITA STIEFELEDITOR@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The area’s newest restaurant for those who love international cuisine is India Palace, which opened earlier this month at 1100 S. College St., Suite 101, in Auburn.Chef Sanjay Chowdhury prepares traditional Indian...

Nurses Honor Guard provides Nightingale Tributes

CONTRIBUTED BY ELESE MCKINLEY FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — In March 2023, Amanda Simmons founded the Nurses Honor Guard of the East Central Alabama Region, a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring the careers and contributions of deceased nurses.Through...

Two Notasulga men arrested, charged in connection with murder of Loachapoka student

BY OBSERVER STAFF EAST ALABAMA — The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s web page listed Barthonia Howard (pictured left) and Elijah Rogers (pictured right) as being arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder in Macon County.The two were apprehended in Tuscaloosa...
Library News | Aug. 1, 2024

Library News | Aug. 1, 2024

APL offers reading program for parents of preschoolers BY ANITA STIEFELEDITOR@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library’s “1,000 Books...

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