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Auburn Votes To Erect Plaque In Front of Wallace Hall
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn University Board of Trustees voted on a recommendation from the Trustee Task Force to...
EAH Participates in Statewide Moment of Silence
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM All across the state of Alabama Tuesday, hospitals planned a moment of silence at noon to honor those...
Susan Jackson Remembers Serving At Ground Zero
By Ann CipperlyOpelika Observer On Sept. 11, 2001, Susan Jackson was watching television at her loft apartment in downtown Opelika when the jets...
Opelika Rotarians Offering Help in Louisiana
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Hurricane Ida ripped through communities, homes and people’s lives, leaving devastation in the wake. But...
Make Your Way to The Alleyway Café
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....
Community Business, Icon Closes
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...
Remembering Fred Woods
BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER “I am proud of you, and what you’ve done with the paper.” Those are the last words that Fred Woods, my former boss and...
Park and Pray at East Alabama Medical Center is Back
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The initiative — which invites residents of Lee County up to the top deck of the East Alabama Medical...