BY ELESE MCKINLEYFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Hooked Martial Arts of Opelika offers an adaptive martial arts program specifically for children and...

BY ELESE MCKINLEYFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Hooked Martial Arts of Opelika offers an adaptive martial arts program specifically for children and...
Thelma Jones, pictured at right, was born in Loachapoka on Sept. 19, 1919, and has been a lifelong resident. She is the mother of two children and...
BY MICHELLE KEYEDITOR@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Circles of Opelika, a local nonprofit, is working to changes lives in the local community. Led...
CONTRIBUTED BY OBSERVER STAFF OPELIKA — Ten days after nearly 120 long-term residents of the Springwood Hotel were evacuated at the request of the...
PHOTO BY ROBERT NOLES | THE OBSERVER The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs dedicated the Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins Veterans Home...
BY STEVEN STIEFELFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Doug Long of Opelika turned his love of carnivals into a business producing kettle corn in various sweet...
Niagara Bottling announces $35 million expansion CONTRIBUTED BYCITY OF OPELIKA OPELIKA — Niagara Bottling, which opened its Opelika facility in...
BY ANITA STIEFEL | THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — “Less than 24 hours’ notice, and now what are we supposed to do?” asked 61-year-old Donald Preston, who...
BY NOAH GRIFFITHFOR THE OBSERVER LOACHAPOKA — Just moments before Loachapoka High School football star Javion Gary left practice on Aug. 8, he was...