by The Observer Staff | May 3, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BYTHE CITY OF OPELIKA OPELIKA — The city of Opelika launched a new podcast, “That Tracks,” April 27. That Tracks is a city of Opelika podcast that was started to bring a behind-the-scenes look into different sectors of the city. Listeners will hear from...
by The Observer Staff | May 3, 2023 | Column, Stacey Wallace
By STACEY PATTON WALLACE What is your favorite nut? If this seems like a weird introductory question, you will understand a few paragraphs from now. Without a doubt, my favorite nut is the pecan. Before my sweet Aunt Jenny (Virginia Patton Daugherty) went to be with...
by The Observer Staff | May 3, 2023 | Community, Events
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Lee County Master Gardeners’ biennial Garden Tour is set to return next Saturday, May 13. The event serves as the main fundraising activity for Lee County Master Gardeners, which puts the profits towards...
by The Observer Staff | May 3, 2023 | Community, Events, Sports
The Opelika Chamber of Commerce hosted its 24th annual Member Golf Tournament May 2, which draws more than 150 players out to the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Opelika to participate in a four-man scramble the first Tuesday in May each year. PHOTOS BY...
by The Observer Staff | May 3, 2023 | Obituaries
Enid Loveless Weissinger, 81, passed away on April 25, 2023. Enid was born on Nov. 16, 1941, in Chickamauga, Georgia, where she lived until she graduated from high school. After graduating from Sullins College, she worked for First National Bank in Atlanta. It was...
