Letter to the Editor Articles

Health Care Workers Not Immune to Growing Mental Health Crisis, But Help is Available

By Aruna Arora, M.D., M.P.H. OPINION — Our country faces an unprecedented mental health crisis. Two out of five adults report suffering from symptoms of anxiety and depression. More than half of those age 18-24 report these same symptoms and roughly one out of five...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Workers Memorial Day Is April 28

BY KURT PETERMEYER OPINION — In August 2021, Layton Ellison and Eli Babb headed to work like they did many times before. After a storm knocked out power in Adger, a power transmission restoration company assigned the two 19-year-old electrical apprentices to help...

Letter to Editor:

Irecently saw someone post on social media that we needed some kind of theatre opportunity in Opelika, and I was pretty surprised that the poster hadn’t heard of the Opelika Theatre Company (OTC). OTC was founded in 2015 by several friends who thought a community...

Letter to the Editor and OCS

OCS Board Members, I hope all is well with you. I have a question regarding the new appointment of Dr. Farrell Seymore. In late January, Dr. Neighbors announced his retirement and within two months we have a new superintendent. Was there a public forum for parents and...