Politics Articles

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Significance of Trump Endorsements in Alabama Races Former President Donald Trump was a very-popular president with Alabama Republican voters. Trump was a proven conservative president. He walked the walk. He did not just talk the talk. He has a...

Honoring Lucy Kirk

BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller and the city council issued a proclamation of appreciation during Tuesday night’s city council meeting, honoring Lucy Kirk, the city’s first Black female officer for the Opelika Police Department. Kirk joined the...

New Lee County Commissioner Takes Seat

BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Lee County Commission welcomed Ross Morris Monday night as the new District 2 commissioner. Morris was appointed to the District 2 seat after it was vacated by Sarah Brown in October 2021. Brown filled the seat left...

Recalling My Heart Surgery and
Humorist Lewis Grizzard

By GREG MARKLEY In 2008, long-time New York Congressman Charles Rangel published a book titled “And I Haven’t Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress.” He writes that after the bloody Battle of Kunu-ri in Korea in 1950 as a 20-year-old...