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Auburn University Signs Deeds for Donation of Dye’s Crooked Oaks Farm

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY CROOKED OAKS FARM CONTRIBUTED BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY/KENDRA CARTER AUBURN — The Auburn University Real Estate Foundation (AUREF) and the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment (CFWE) has accepted a gift of 415 acres of Crooked...

Harvard Kennedy School Awards 2023 Cahn Public Service Fellowship

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that Representative Jeremy Gray has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious 2023 Cahn Public Service Fellowship. The esteemed fellowship grants Gray the...

Local Coaches React to High School Basketball Rule Changes

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced in May that beginning in the 2023 season, high school basketball teams will shoot two free throws for common fouls...

Simpson Looks to Continue Program Success as Next Opelika Wrestling Coach

BY NOAH GRIFFITH FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — About two months after Brady Campbell became the first male to win a 7A State Championship at Opelika in February, Opelika hired a new wrestling coach in Lee Simpson. Campbell, who was just a sophomore last...

OMS, OHS Fill the Halls with Christmas Tunes

OMS, OHS Fill the Halls with Christmas Tunes

Dec 15, 2022

PHOTOS BY MATT AUSTIN / FOR THE OBSERVER Opelika Middle School and Opelika High School concert bands held their annual Christmas concerts on...

Lee County School Board Hears Report Card Update

Lee County School Board Hears Report Card Update

Dec 14, 2022

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — While Lee County schools are showing improvement in some areas, the latest...

Air Force Donates Wrestling Mat to Beauregard High School

Air Force Donates Wrestling Mat to Beauregard High School

Dec 8, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY BHS BEAUREGARD — Staff Sgt. Joseph Glasgow and Tech Sgt. Greg Deachan from both the Air Force and Special Warfare Air Force are...

Doing Things The ‘D.A.C. Way’

Doing Things The ‘D.A.C. Way’

Dec 7, 2022

BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The D.A.C. Way is a local nonprofit organization on a mission to enhance the positive...

April Brock Named Principal of New Fox Run School in Opelika

April Brock Named Principal of New Fox Run School in Opelika

Dec 7, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY OCS OPELIKA — April Brock has been named principal of the new Fox Run School in Opelika. Brock currently serves as an assistant...

Lee County Board of Education Reorganizes

Lee County Board of Education Reorganizes

Nov 30, 2022

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Probate Judge Bill English swore in the two newest members of the Lee County Board...

Children Are Lights of Joy

Children Are Lights of Joy

Nov 30, 2022

I love being with children as we head into the holidays. Children help us relive our own childhood. Just being around children brings gifts of...

SUSCC Foundation Nears $1 Million Goal

Nov 22, 2022

CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC OPELIKA — The Southern Union State Community College Foundation’s $1 million fundraising goal is within reach, according to...

Anders Celebrates Positive Growth, Change in State of City Address

Anders Celebrates Positive Growth, Change in State of City Address

Nov 22, 2022

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — There are many milestones to celebrate and upgrades to anticipate in coming years,...

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