BY MICHELLE KEY | PUBLISHER PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER More than 450 bands from high school and collegiate levels entered the Metallica...

BY MICHELLE KEY | PUBLISHER PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER More than 450 bands from high school and collegiate levels entered the Metallica...
BY NOAH GRIFFITH | FOR THE OBSERVER PHOTO BY ZACH BLAND | AUBURN TIGERS AUBURN - The start of SEC play didn’t slow down Auburn University men’s...
Breakfast & lunch at no cost, with no application process BY ANITA STIEFELANITAS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Lee County Board of Education...
AUBURN -Auburn University head football coach Hugh Freeze announced Friday that offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery will not be retained. “I...
BY National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum To celebrate National Bobblehead Day, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled two...
BY NOAH GRIFFITH | FOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY —Beauregard third grader Lane Gooden arrived at the LCSO Thursday morning with a sheriff’s badge hung...
BY ELESE MCKINLEY | FOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY - Braden Adams (15) from Smith Station was designated as the “Sheriff for the Day” by the Lee...
Opelika City Schools Superintendent Dr. Farrell Seymore, right, is pictured welcoming Dr. Mike Howard, left, the new superintendent of Lee County...
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERHGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Looking for a way to spend New Year's Eve this year? Wanting to keep your dollars, and...