By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Lee County Commissioners approved a plan that will allow the Lee County Emergency Management Agency to move forward with individual storm shelters. The storm shelters were first introduced after the Lee County tornadoes in...

Courtesy of Todd Rauch Todd Rauch, candidate for Opelika City Council in Ward 5, is encouraging voters to mark their calendars and make it a point to head to the polls to vote in the upcoming election, with just a few days to go until the municipal runoff election....

Courtesy of ACCA The Association of County Commissioners of Alabama presented Lee County employee Kendall Andrews with a certificate in County Engineering Administration. The group also awarded Lee County employee Martecia Rogers a certificate for completing the Basic...

The City of Opelika is working to make the intersection of Sportsplex Parkway and West Point Parkway near I-85 safer for travelers. City leadership is aware that there have been a number of crashes and many near-misses at this location.  The city has recently...