BY CHRISTIAN BAKERAUBURN UNIVERSITY A need to serve has guided Auburn alumnus Dr. Jim Phillips Jr. through various roles in his esteemed career....
CONTRIBUTED BYTHE CITY OF OPELIKA Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library (Cooper Library) has closed to move to its new home at 1100 Glenn St. The former...
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Isaac Jones wanted a dirt bike. As his mother, Alexis Meniefield, said, he is “mister need for speed”....
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn University Board of Trustees voted on a recommendation from the Trustee Task Force to...
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM All across the state of Alabama Tuesday, hospitals planned a moment of silence at noon to honor those...
By Ann CipperlyOpelika Observer On Sept. 11, 2001, Susan Jackson was watching television at her loft apartment in downtown Opelika when the jets...
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Hurricane Ida ripped through communities, homes and people’s lives, leaving devastation in the wake. But...
By Megan MannFor the Opelika ObserveR The Alleyway Café is a new, family-run breakfast joint that just opened its doors to the Opelika community....
By Ann CipperlyOpelika Observer Over the years as Lee County continued to bloom with new restaurants, Mrs. Story’s Dairy Bar in Opelika continued to...