On the MarkBy D. Mark Mitchell Opelika City School students return to school this week after being off for Christmas and New Year’s. While school...
OHS sports return from Christmas break
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Turnovers mar the Tigers
Auburn 1-1 to open conference play, fall to 6-4 overall By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Auburn opened its SEC conference schedule with a...
Women Tigers drop opening two SEC games
By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Unique Thompson was absent from the Auburn Women's basketball team’s first two SEC games of the season,...
Opelika’s Morris Avenue Intermediate School shifts to remote learning
Contributed by Opelika City Schools Due to a positive COVID-19 test of a staff member, multiple close contact exposures of staff and the lack of...
Opelika Boys Basketball Coach Abruptly Resigns
Wesley Button named as Interim Head Coach By D. Mark MitchellPrior to him leaving this summer to take a job at Enterprise High School, the Opelika...
A three-year career to 25 years with the city of Auburn: Jim Buston retires
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.co A month from tomorrow is Jim Buston’s last day as city manager for the city of Auburn. Buston never...
Colleen Jennings keeps Auburn beautiful with flowers
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Would the loveliest village on the plains be complete without downtown Auburn’s hanging baskets of...
Opelika Middle Schooler participating in Junior Academic All American Bowl
By Wil CrewsSportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Skylan Holstick is a seventh grader at Opelika Middle School. He and 59 other middle school footballers...
Opelika’s Watts and Stinson earn ASWA first-team honors
By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com Opelika’s Eric Watts and Jarrell Stinson were named to the ASWA Class 6A All-State First Team along with...