Events Articles

BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERHGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN —Women’s Hope has been doing its work in Lee County for 40 years now, changing lives.Women’s Hope is a pregnancy and crisis center, dedicated to helping those in need consider their options and make...

BY JEREMY WALDENFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN—In an effort to raise awareness about the dire state of housing for many Alabama residents, the Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM) is embarking on its 16th annual "No More Shacks" campaign. The campaign, set to take place Oct. 18-23,...

BY STACEY WALLACEFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA —According to the National Institute on Aging, “on Nov. 2, 1906, Dr. Alois Alzheimer discovered changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of an unusual mental illness.“The woman’s symptoms included: memory loss,...