Ribbon cutting, grand opening planned for Nov. 30 CONTRIBUTED BY OPELIKA PARKS AND RECREATION OPELIKA — Opelika Parks and Recreation is...
Sports Articles
OHS Basketball Starts Slow
OPELIKA — The Opelika High School Lady Bulldog basketball team has had a tough start to its season, losing each of its first four contests. OHS lost...
Area Football Roundup: Playoffs Continue
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — The high school football season in Alabama is rapidly approaching its end, and a...
Auburn Goes Crazy for Cadillac
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Interim Auburn head football coach Cadillac Williams said “it’s bigger than me” following the...
NYU Professor Fired for Being “Too Hard” on Students — Who Was to Blame?
OPINION — In May 2005, as we were finishing student teaching for a master’s degree in education at AUM, a Nigerian classmate said he might not be...
Opelika Swim Takes Top Honors
PHOTOS BY ROBERT NOLES / THE OBSERVER The Opelika swim team competed in the 2022 Veterans Classic against five other teams on Saturday, Nov. 5,...
‘Poka Pushes Past Bears
PHOTOS BY MATT AUSTIN / FOR THE OBSERVER On Friday, Nov. 4, the varsity Loachapoka football team defeated Keith, 28-24, in the first round of the...
Tigers Tame Pirates
PHOTOS BY JERRY BALLAS / FOR THE OBSERVER On Friday, Nov. 4, the varsity Auburn High Tigers defeated Fairhope, 35-17, in the first round of the...
Hornets Head to Second Round
PHOTOS BY ROBERT NOLES / THE OBSERVER On Friday, Nov. 4, the varsity Beauregard Hornets defeated Marbury, 35-10, in the first round of the AHSAA 5A...