BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM Linda Farmer is everything the world needs more of. That’s what her husband, Kermit, said of her after...
Lee County’s Wonder Woman: Linda Farmer
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Opelika Announces New Anti-Litter Campaign, Event — ‘Don’t Be An Ope-loser!’
CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF OPELIKA Ope-loser! anti-litter campaign and Slam Dunk The Junk event in an effort to educate and encourage visitors and...
A Look at the Rebuilding Efforts Three Years Later
BY MICHELLE KEY AND HANNAH LESTER Today, March 3, 2022, marks three years since the devastating EF-4 long-track tornadoes roared through Lee County,...
Local Business Out In Place of County Plan
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Lee County’s Trash Collection Plan is in place — curbside pickup with an exclusive contract...
Austin Jones Promoted to Deputy Director, Lee County EMA
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Lee County Commission approved a promotion for Austin Jones to deputy director of the Lee County EMA...
JACK WALKER
WALKER, Jack, 92, of Prattville, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. He was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Jan. 28, 1930, to Opal...
MARGIE REE DELEE
Mrs. Margie Ree DeLee Thrift age 77, a resident of Millbrook, Alabama, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at a local hospital. Funeral services...
When Bread Flies!
BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM Tiger Town will have a new breakfast restaurant soon — The Flying Biscuit Cafe. The Flying Biscuit...
Kyle Sandler Receives Early Release
What is next for Opelika's infamous felon? BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER After being behind bars since his arrest in Bryan, Texas, on June 20, 2018,...