Reapportionment and Gerrymandering By Steve Flowers Hopefully, you participated in the census last year.  It is vitally important for each state that every person is counted. One of the first premises set out by our nation’s founding fathers is that there be a...

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated 53 years ago. And Auburn University’s Becoming the Beloved Community is still working to carry on his legacy. “Fifty-three years ago tonight, the United States and the world mourned...

By Lofton WheelesFor the Opelika Observer Just in time for the summer: The Lee County District Attorney’s Office has started a new program to prevent distracted driving amongst teenagers. The SIDNE (Simulated Impaired Driving Experience) cart is a new resource that is...

By Greg Markley Last weekend, in a move not on the president’s public schedule, President Biden visited former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. It was just days after the former Kansas senator received a diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer. Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential...