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...
by The Observer Staff | May 3, 2023 | Obituaries
William “Bill” Freeman Horsley passed away April 27, 2023, in Opelika, after a short illness at the age of 83. Bill was the son of Robert and Ellen Horsley of Opelika. He is survived by Marilyn Horsley, his wife of 30 years; Stewart Horsley (son); Ellen...
by The Observer Staff | May 1, 2023 | Community, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OPELIKA POLICE DEPARTMENT (OPD) OPELIKA — The Opelika Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown homicide victim from a 33-year-old cold case. On September 22, 1990, the body of a young black male was recovered...
