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Auburn Council not representative of population, but there’s hope BY LATICIA T. SMITH OPINION — As I sit considering the recent run-off election of Alabama’s Congressional District 2, I can’t help but smile. I smile, knowing this democratic run-off was possible only...
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Reader says author Harper Lee deserves commemorative stamp

BY JAMES PATTERSON OPINION — Alabama’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Harper Lee, whose birthday is April 26, received many honors during her long life. Lee’s 1960 book “To Kill a Mockingbird,” set in Depression-era South Alabama, became a national bestseller and an...
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Letter to the Editor: Remember the Vietnam veterans

OPINION — I would like to bring to your attention and to the attention of your readers that the upcoming April 30, 2024 marks the 49th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.It is important to remember the lives of those men and women who died for our country and...
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Reader takes exception with Flowers column

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:I take issue with the recent column by Steve Flowers. His statement “these silly indictments are so transparently politically orchestrated” regarding the former president apparently thinks the former president did not break the law. Does he think...
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Dear Editor: Recess Is Important

Nov 3, 2021

I’m writing to you on behalf of my son, his peers and the teachers in Opelika City Schools. I see harm and neglect happening in our community. Our...

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Letters to the Editor

Sep 15, 2021

I will never forget, the day I thought the world was ending. The day I was up getting ready for work when the news broke and said a plane had hit...

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Letters to the Editor

Sep 15, 2021

A friend has a loved one incarcerated at the Lee County Detention Center. She does not drive anymore, so I told her that I would set up a visitation...

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Aug 18, 2021

The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is taking the front page on many newspapers, media outlets and dominating the conversation at the...

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Micah Messer Condemns the Lee County Commission for Creating a Government Forced Monopoly on Trash Pickup in Lee County

Lee County Commission Watch

Aug 11, 2021

This page space is purchased in response to "streamlining" Lee County Commission meetings to impede citizen input from being viewed and placed into...

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