Special to the Opelika Observer By Steve Marshall Kamille McKinney. Aniah Blanchard. Sloan Harmon. During the last six weeks, the people of Alabama...
Violent crime in Alabama: ‘Enough is enough’
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Caring and committed
By Bruce Green In 2 Corinthians 8 and 9, we have a minister to the Gentiles raising funds for Jewish people. That might sound a little strange to...
Letter to the editor: November is ‘National Hospice and Palliative Care Month’
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and I would like to take this opportunity to encourage our community members to have...
As rate rises, M*A*S*H theme ‘Suicide is Painless’ is clearly not true
By Greg Markley It has been 50 years since a 14-year-old boy, helping his father create lyrics to describe the surrealism and cruelness of war,...
Message from the Mayor – We Salute You!
Veterans Day is always a special day in Opelika, as we honor the brave men and women who answered the call to serve and protect that which we hold...
Letter from the editor: ‘Thank you veterans for what you do’
Our military has always held a special place in my heart. Growing up in Salem, Alabama, only 45 minutes from Fort Benning, I took many field trips...
Letter to the Editor: Thank you for the memories
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...
Living with our eyes wide open
By Bruce Green The glorious spiritual truth tucked behind the ragged realities of Paul’s ministry was that they always carried “around in our body...
Don’t miss the treasure!
By Bruce Green Paul had addressed the Corinthian’s tendency to exalt certain messengers of Christ in 1 Corinthians 3:1. As he writes the letter, we...