by The Observer Staff | Oct 26, 2022 | Community, Featured
BY NOAH GRIFFITH CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — When Opelika’s Rehab Works occupational therapist and Manager Mallory Payne dropped her daughter off for the first day of daycare, she had no idea she would run into one of her former patients. “Cassie! Is that...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 26, 2022 | Obituaries
O. T. Hanna Jr. of Opelika, Alabama, was born on Dec. 11, 1942, and passed away on Oct. 18, 2022. He was 79 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents, O.T. Hanna Sr. and Wilene Ray Hanna, brothers Robert Hanna, Donald Hanna and Bobby Hanna. He is survived by...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 26, 2022 | Obituaries
Kyle Stanley Drake Jr., long time resident of Opelika, died peacefully on Oct. 15, 2022, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama. He was 89 years old. Born on Aug. 3, 1933, to Kyle S. Drake and Lorene Henderson Drake in Camp Hill, Alabama, he and his family...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 19, 2022 | Community, Featured
BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Health care is about to become more accessible to Opelika’s underserved communities. Four years after First Transit donated a bus to the cause, that bus has been renovated and converted into Opelika’s...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 19, 2022 | Community, Events, Sports
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — Out Tha Mudd Boxing is hosting a women’s self-defense class this Saturday, Oct. 22. Located at 1051 South Fox Run Parkway, Unit 3, Out Tha Mudd Boxing LLC is owned and operated by Rod Welch, a decorated boxer and...
