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A ‘Nun’sensical Performance By OTC

Opelika Theater Company's newest production "Nunsense, the Second Coming" debuted last week on March 25 at the Southside Center for the Arts. Tickets are still available for performances on April 1, 2 and 3. PHOTOS BY ALLIE FOX / FOR THE OBSERVER

Southern Union Hosting Information Session for PREPARE Program

CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) Adult Education is hosting an information session at the Opelika Public Library on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 6 p.m. for the new PREPARE program beginning early summer. PREPARE is a free...

Southern Union Show Choir Shares Its History, Announces New Concert

Contributed byJimmy New/SUSCC In the spring of 1962, I had three months of training at Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, doing practice teaching with a lady named Merl McCorkle, in the Singing Department. This proved to be a super experience under an...

Smiths Station Resident Wins Marksmanship Award

CONTRIBUTED BYMERIT PAGES NEWS Cadet Carson Risdon of Smiths Station won first place in The University of Alabama ROTC’s 2022 McKinley Marksmanship Award Competition. Named and endowed by distinguished Alabama Corps of Cadets alumnus John K. McKinley, the competition...