Politics Articles

Opelika City Council Holds Packed Meeting

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council recognized several residents and approved multiple items on the agenda at its May 17 meeting. Council President Eddie Smith was absent from the meeting due to an ailment....

Auburn Council Member Resigns, Seat To Open

BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Ward 4 Council Member Brett Smith served in his last Auburn City Council meeting Tuesday night. Smith announced at the end of the meeting that he had been offered a job and would be leaving Auburn at the end of the...

Lee County Sets Work Session on ARPA

BY. HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission discussed two items relating to the American Rescue Plan Act funding during Monday night’s commission meeting. Firstly, District 1 Commissioner Doug Cannon led a discussion on the...

Tony Langley Running For District 4 Commission Seat

By Hannah Lester hlester@opelikaobserver.com LEE COUNTY — Tony Langley is running for Lee County Commission District 4. “I decided to run because I’ve just had numerous amounts of people come forward, asking me to run against our current commissioner [Robert Ham] and...