Politics Articles

Lee County Discusses Homelessness

BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Residents of Lee County got together last week to discuss a pressing problem — homelessness. While it is difficult to provide a concrete solution for those in need, the event allowed residents to discuss how...

Attorney General Steve Marshall Reaches $44 Million Agreement with Walmart to Fund Opioid Abatement Statewide

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE MARSHALL ALABAMA — Attorney General Steve Marshall recently announced a $44 million statewide agreement with Walmart to fund opioid abatement in Alabama’s cities and counties. This is the fifth settlement negotiated...

Auburn Church Battling Vandals, Intolerance

OPINION — In the drama “Absence of Malice” (1981), a reckless reporter (Sally Field) gets her comeuppance from an honest character (Paul Newman). After a devout Catholic woman tells the reporter she had an abortion, the reporter puts that into the paper, despite...

Lee County Receives More Federal Funding

BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Lee County is receiving $100,000 from the federal government from the American Rescue Plan. County Administrator Holly Leverette let the Lee County Commission know Monday night that the county will receive...