Contributed by the office of the Attorney General The Attorney General’s office announced that Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes has been indicted* by a Montgomery County grand jury on a charge of first-degree perjury. Hughes has been on suspension from his...

By Michelle KeyPublisher During last week’s city council meeting, Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller and the council honored Opelika resident, Brandon Taylor for his heroic actions during the recent Pinehurst Apartment fire. Taylor helped Meredith Smith and her children escape...

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn City Council discussed how the council responds to citizens during its committee of the whole meeting on March 2. “Our stated procedures for a regular council meeting, they end with the, after ordinances and...

As the U.S. House of Representatives voted recently to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of all her committee assignments, I was reminded of two sections of the Constitution. The first is Article 1, Section 5, which reads, “Each House may determine the Rules of its...