Politics Articles

The Value of Education

CONTRIBUTED TOTHE OBSERVER OPINION — Throughout the years, I always told my sons and the players I coached that this country owes them only one thing — an opportunity. The opportunity to try, fail and get back up again. However, it is up...

Commission Hears Girls’ STEPS Report

BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission heard an update from Girls’ STEPS Inc. Monday night after a $12,000 contribution to the project. Tiffany Gibson-Pitts, Girls’ STEPS Inc. CEO and founder, presented information to the...

Intimidating Driving is a Crime

According to many U.S. law dictionaries, the word “intimidation” is defined as the act of frightening or threatening someone in order to force them into doing something. As in frightening drivers already established on an interstate (or other highway) when you are in...

Auburn University’s Brendt Bledsoe Speaks to Opelika Kiwanis Club

The speaker for the Aug. 4 Opelika Kiwanis Club meeting was Brendt Bedsole. He is the Auburn University football director of high school relations and pro liaison. He came and spoke on his path back to Auburn and a look into this years' Auburn Tigers.