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Alabama Sheriffs Issue Joint Statement on Tyre Nichols’ Deaths

CONTRIBUTED BY ALABAMA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION ALABAMA — The Alabama Sheriffs Association represents the combined voices of Alabama’s 67 sheriffs. We are united in our unyielding stand against the actions and images presented in the recently released video in Memphis,...

Smiths Station City Council Honors Student, Discusses Finances in January Meetings

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM SMITHS STATION — As the new year moves forward, Smiths Station City Council approved new business related to projects and city employees, set a sales tax holiday and heard the results of its annual audit...

Local State Senator Receives Key Assignments

CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER WILSONFOR RANDY PRICE ALABAMA — State Sen. Randy Price of District 13 will chair the Tourism Committee in the Alabama State Senate. Pro Tem Sen. Greg Reed also selected Price to serve on the following committees: Agriculture, Banking...

Auburn Residents Invited to Get Involved

CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF AUBURN / DAVID D. DORTON AUBURN — The city of Auburn is again offering opportunities for residents to learn more about their local government in the form of two academies — the Public Safety Academy and the Citizens’ Academy. Both...

Voting leads to long lines and highest ever absentee voting in Lee County

Voting leads to long lines and highest ever absentee voting in Lee County

Oct 30, 2020

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Lee County has already seen over 11,000 absentee votes cast before election day, Probate Judge Bill...

Election Next Week

Election Next Week

Oct 28, 2020

By Steve Flowers Well, folks, it is finally here. The presidential race is next Tuesday. However, a good many Americans have already voted. True...

October named Alpha Delta Kappa Month

October named Alpha Delta Kappa Month

Oct 28, 2020

Contributed by Kay Spriggs Members of the Beta Xi chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa met with Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller to declare October as Alpha Delta...

October 21 named Colonial Heritage Month

October 21 named Colonial Heritage Month

Oct 28, 2020

Mayor Gary Fuller proclaimed on Oct. 21 that this month is Colonial Heritage Month in Opelika. According to the official proclamation, Fuller is...

Voting leads to long lines and highest ever absentee voting in Lee County

No Curbside Voting in Alabama

Oct 28, 2020

Contributed by the Officeof the Attorney General Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state of...

Voting leads to long lines and highest ever absentee voting in Lee County

Sen. Doug Jones Applauds Signing of Historic Veterans Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Bill

Oct 28, 2020

Contributed by DougJones’s Press Office U.S. Alabama Sen. Doug Jones today applauded the signing of bipartisan legislation he cosponsored,...

YOUR VOTE MATTERS

YOUR VOTE MATTERS

Oct 28, 2020

Auburn City Council appoints Megan McGowen Crouch

Auburn City Council appoints Megan McGowen Crouch

Oct 22, 2020

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Auburn City Council awarded Megan McGowen Crouch the position of city manager when Jim Buston retires at...

Voting leads to long lines and highest ever absentee voting in Lee County

Inside the Statehouse

Oct 21, 2020

By Steve Flowers Our 2020 presidential election is less than two weeks away. We Americans will either elect Republican Donald Trump for another...

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