By Greg MarkleyFor the OpelikaObserver Rush Limbaugh, groundbreaking and polarizing broadcaster and conservative commentator, died Feb. 17 at age...
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Lee County Commission approved EMA Director Rita Smith to continue in her position after she served...
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers Over the years, I have discussed my observations and concepts of the two different roles or routes taken by a...
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn City Council debated and discussed proposed short-term rental regulations, but it did not...
2021-02-16 Road Naming Ribbon Cutting Smiths Station
Contributed by theLee County Sherriff’s Office A suspect in the late December 2020 shooting at the Del Ranch Bar in the Smiths Station area has been...
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn City Council debated and discussed proposed short-term rental regulations, but it did...
In only 21 short months, at the close of 2022, Alabama will lose the greatest senator in our state’s history. Those of us who are political...
By Will FairlessAssociate Editor Sheriff Jay Jones called a press conference on Feb. 10 to announce that Lee County Sheriff’s Investigators arrested...