By Steve Flowers Around Labor Day, when this year’s presidential campaign was beginning to heat up, I wrote a column about the classic 1960 presidential contest between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. This pivotal presidential race marked the beginning of television...

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com John McEachern will stand up from his chair, leave his office and say goodbye to the police department that started his career over 40 years ago. McEachern always had a dream to serve in the FBI, and the Opelika Police...

Contributed byNAACP Lee County The NAACP Lee County Branch 5038 has scheduled the election of officers for Saturday Dec. 5, 2020, at Greater Peace Missionary Baptist Church located at 650 Jeter  Ave. in Opelika. The election process  will run from 10 a.m. to...

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com District 2 Commissioner Sarah Brown proposed a new litter campaign during the county commission meeting Monday night. The campaign follows outreach that was spearheaded by District 5 Commissioner Richard LaGrand in...