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Former Opelika businessman Kyle Sandler reportedly dies

Kyle Sandler, the former Opelika businessman who served federal prison time after defrauding investors through The Roundhouse business incubator, has been reported to have died June 22, 2026.The Human Intelligence Ledger reported Sandler died after suffering a...

WHO’S WATCHING THE WATCHERS?

Recent firing of a Lee County deputy for misuse of camera data adds local urgency to a national debate over privacy, access and oversight BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — When a gunman killed two students at Brown University last December, the break that...

Auburn delays downtown lounge moratorium

BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER Correction: The Auburn City Council voted to postpone a vote on vacating the Prosper at Plainsman Lake sewer easement at 1803 Kenai Pass at the request of Bison Trust until Oct. 6. The Observer originally reported the council approved...
25 years later, we remember

25 years later, we remember

BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER AUBURN — Hardy Gilbert remembers the silence. In a city known for noise, movement and crowded sidewalks, that was one of...

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