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Don’t be duped: Here are ‘Fake News’ stories and how I caught them
By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer In 2019 Business Insider quoted Mark Zuckerberg as saying 2020 “…is going to be a very tough year.” That’s...
Ward 1 City Council race heats up; Meniefield announces candidacy
By Wil CrewsOpelika Observer Alexis Meniefield, lifelong Opelika native and community philanthropist, has announced her intention to run for Opelika...
Opelika City Council issues proclamation for ‘Gun Violence Awareness Month’
By Natalie AndersonFor the Opelika Observer The Opelika City Council held last Tuesday’s meeting in person, and it was live-streamed via YouTube on...
Rogers Announces the Third Congressional District 2020 Congressional App Challenge
Special to theOpelika Observer Congressman Mike Rogers announced today his office will host its first Third Congressional District 2020...
Rogers Issues Statement on Supreme Court DACA Ruling
Special to theOpelika Observer Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), House Homeland Security Committee ranking member, released the following statement on...
Don Siegelman exposes the corruption of politicized judicial system in book
Special to theOpelika Observer In a searing political memoir, former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman explodes the myth of an impartial U.S. justice...
Jeff Sessions visits Opelika, speaks to FOP
2020-06-20 Jeff Sessions
Sen. Doug Jones urges President to appoint Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board members
Special to theOpelika Observer U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) wrote to President Donald Trump last week to urge him to appoint members to the...