Dear Editor, On Friday, December 20, 2019 we were traveling from McDonough, Georgia to Baker, Florida. When we were in Opelika our truck caught fire and if it wasn’t for the people there, the fire department and the police department we wouldn’t be here now. I want to...

Dear Editor: As planning for the 2020-2021 school year begins, I encourage the school districts of Auburn City, Lee County and Opelika City to follow the Auburn University academic calendar as closely as possible. Our communities are intertwined in numerous ways as...

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and I would like to take this opportunity to encourage our community members to have conversations with their family and doctor about the care that they would want to receive if they were facing a serious illness...

As I read the Opelika Observer this week, one thing I read brought about a wonderful memory. Before Clyde and I moved to Opelika, the newspaper article about us told that we were graduates of the University of Alabama. While this was not of interest to many, one very...