By Beth Pinyerd For the Opelika Observer “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise!” This is true in not only making all A’s on the academic report card, but also on keeping a “good health” report card. One of the first instructions we...

By Beth Pinyeard For the Opelika Observer The goal of this article is not to make readers sad or gloomy, but from my desire to help them know and understand that grief is a normal process we go through in the loss of a love one. There are other losses in our lives...

Dear Editor, A diamond sparkled in the midst of last night’s cold, wind, and rain. My wife and I attended the First Baptist Church Opelika’s presentation of Handel’s Messiah conducted by William Powell. The presentation was superb. Congratulations to all the very...

Special to the Opelika Observer Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement last week after being chosen to serve as Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security in the 116th Congress. “I am honored to be chosen by my colleagues to serve as Ranking...