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Lee County Convictions Upheld in Appeals Court

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICEOF THE  ATTORNEY GENERAL LEE COUNTY — Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions of Charles Daniel Waltman, age 40, of Opelika, for attempted murder, second-degree kidnapping...

Man of Many Firsts

BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Michael Floyd is man of many firsts. Floyd is a first-generation college student, one of the first to get the Jungle to its full potential and is the city of Auburn’s first student Lamplighter Award winner. Floyd,...

SBA Adds Counties to Alabama Disaster Declaration for Jan. 12 Severe Storms

CONTRIBUTED TO U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION *UPDATE: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced it will temporarily close its Business Recovery Centers in Autauga and Dallas counties in Alabama on Thursday, Feb. 16, due to inclement weather. The...

NAACP Holds Town Hall Meeting

BY SAM DICHIARA THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The Lee County branch of the NAACP held a community and law enforcement town hall discussion on Friday, Feb. 10. Citizens gathered at Southside Center for the Arts to voice questions and concerns to a panel of top law...
COVID killed The Don

COVID killed The Don

By Steve Flowers Around Labor Day, when this year’s presidential campaign was beginning to heat up, I wrote a column about the classic 1960...

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A career in law enforcement

A career in law enforcement

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com John McEachern will stand up from his chair, leave his office and say goodbye to the police department...

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Attorney General Steve Marshall joins $86.3 million national settlement

Adopt-a-Mile for Lee County

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com District 2 Commissioner Sarah Brown proposed a new litter campaign during the county commission meeting...

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