By GREG MARKLEY In the classic 1942 movie Casablanca, the protagonist Rick (Humphrey Bogart) owns a café in the Moroccan city, in December 1941. He says to a fellow café owner: “I don’t buy and sell human beings.” A black marketer who also sells exit visas, Signor...

Children and citizens of Opelika joined the Opelika Police Department at Covington Park last weekend for the Knowledge is Power: Navigating Traffic Stops and the Court Process event. It would not have been possible without the support of the Opelika Housing Authority,...

Bibb Graves the Education Governor By Steve Flowers Most states have one General Fund Budget. We are only one of five states that have two. Some of you have asked why we have two budgets — one for the General Fund and one for Education. Here is why. During the era of...

BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER Several Opelika residents and business owners spoke out against the city of Opelika's proposed rental registration ordinance that was introduced during Tuesday night's city council meeting. The ordinance woud create a registry of rental...