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County approves bonus for retirees

by The Observer Staff | Jul 17, 2014 | Community

By Fred Woods Editor Thanks to action by the Lee County Commission this week, qualifying Lee County government retirees and their beneficiaries will receive a one-time lump sum bonus of at least $300 in October of this year. The bonus, the result of Act 2014-429 of...

Wife of past sheriff remembered for integral police role

by The Observer Staff | Jul 17, 2014 | Community

By Donna Williamson Opelika Observer Kathleen Chapman grew up with law enforcement. Her father was in law enforcement in Lineville. Her husband Herman, who served as a military policeman during World War II, began his law enforcement career with the Alabama Highway...

July 15 run-off vote decides Republican candidates

by The Observer Staff | Jul 17, 2014 | Politics

By Greg Markley Opelika Observer If everyone who voted in the Republican runoff election in Lee County on Tuesday took a seat at Auburn University’s Plainsman Park, there would still be some 2,300 seats unoccupied. Spurts of hard rain, the fact that Democrats had no...

Local elections: behind the scenes

by The Observer Staff | Jul 10, 2014 | Politics

By Greg Markley Opelika Observer The late U.S. Sen. Arthur Vandenberg once said that “Partisan politics must stop at the water’s edge.” He meant that in international matters, partisanship must be set aside. In that vein, partisan politics quickly stops at the...

Second annual agricultural fair draws crowd

by The Observer Staff | Jul 8, 2014 | Community, Events

By Caleb Colquitt Opelika Observer The Lee County Farmers Federation hosted its second annual Lee County Agriculture Fair on June 21. Lee County’s chapter won an award for last year’s fair from the National Farm Bureau, and this year the event had an even bigger...

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