What a surprise! It’s all around us. At a 2010 gathering of a Catholic group in Washington, DC, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, herself a Catholic, spoke of the Word of the Lord, but with a certain remove. “My favorite word is the Word. That is everything. It says it all...

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com The Auburn City Council approved a contract for the relocation of Auburn’s Environmental Services and Public Works Department during its Tuesday night council meeting. The contract authorizes the city to purchase 62.91 acres...

Contributed byThe City of Opelika The city of Opelika has received a $50,000 grant to continue its Youth Incarceration Prevention Project (YIPP). The grant was awarded to the city by Gov. Kay Ivey from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA)....

Contributed to the Opelika Observer Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined with 50 other attorneys general and other federal and state agencies to reach an $86.3 million settlement with Nationstar Mortgage. Nationstar is the country’s fourth-largest mortgage...