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Lee-Scott baseball adjusting to year one under Cook

BY NOAH GRIFFITHFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN –– With head coach Jarrod Cook coming in after 14 years at Trinity Presbyterian in Montgomery, Lee-Scott Academy baseball has been tasked with adjusting under its fourth head coach in four years.For Cook, the turnaround has...

Bevels, Newell seek District Three seat

BY DAVID BELL FOR THE OBSERVER BARRON RAE BEVELS ALABAMA — A goat farmer and bee keeper from Tallapoosa County, under the age of 30, is likely not everyone’s first idea of the perfect candidate to run for Congress. But that’s not stopping Barron Rae Bevels from...

The Graduate Auburn celebrates topping out

Nostalgia-themed hotel, cafe with rooftop bar expected to open this fall CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Construction firm Robins & Morton marked the topping out of the Graduate Auburn hotel on Jan. 31 in Auburn.The topping out ceremony celebrates installing...

Here Molly Girl offers strategic, creative marketing

BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — After working for more than 15 years and building a solid reputation as a marketing professional in Birmingham and the Auburn-Opelika area, Katy Harper Doss decided in 2016 to bet on herself, stop working for...
Good Ol’ Boys to reopen

Good Ol’ Boys to reopen

By Kayla Evansfor the Opelika Observer Good Ol’ Boys is coming back to life in Auburn. Dan and Gwen Adams purchased the building on Jan. 13 and are...

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