By Greg Markley When my Uncle Frank’s son was one month away from graduating high school, he sat Junior down for “The Talk.” This was not about girls, but about the boy’s life after graduation. My uncle, a retired policeman, told his only child, “You have three...

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Bike lanes? Or no bike lanes? Auburn city council members debated the benefit of bike lanes on Cox Road vs. a turn lane in an issue brought forth by Ward 8 Council Member Tommy Dawson.  At the last city council meeting,...

Contributed by the Office of Gov. Kay Ivey  The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) has launched a new high-speed notification system known as CodeRED, designed to notify residents of missing person alerts throughout the state. ALEA unveiled the new...

Contributed by Office of Sec. of State House Bill 123, sponsored by Representative David Faulkner (R-Mountain Brook) and Senator Linda Coleman-Madison (D-Birmingham), has now been signed into law and made effective. Act 2021-335 allows a registered voter who is a...