by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Column, Stacey Wallace
By STACEY PATTON WALLACE If you are reading this column, I hope that you and your family had a very Merry Christmas. This was the first Christmas that I made my sweet Mama’s dressing without her supervision, so I was a little nervous, reading her handwritten...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY TIFFANY MARTINEZ OPELIKA — Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux is coming to Tiger Town. The “place to be” on game day, Walk-On’s is looking to hire up to 200 local team members for all positions — including chefs, servers, hosts, bartenders and...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Community, Events, Sports
BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — There’s still time to get started on those fitness New Year’s resolutions — and help foster families in the process. The BigHouse Foundation, a local nonprofit ministry aiming to meet the needs of foster...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Community, Events
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Opelika Theatre Company (OTC) is partnering with NAACP/ACT-SO, & R.E.A.C.H. Ministries to produce the second annual Black History Showcase. This showcase was very successful when it debuted in February 2022, so it has been...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Myrtis Ann Bankston Roughton entered into her eternal life at 8:09 p.m. on Dec. 30, 2022. Myrtis was born Myrtis Ann Bankston, the third of five children born to Arthur Leroy Bankston Sr. and Rosie Odell Bankston of Beauregard, Alabama, on Aug. 14, 1944. Myrtis...
