A revised ordinance that would establish new business-license requirements for residential, commercial and short-term rental properties, as well as self-storage facilities, will return to the Opelika ...

A string of several close losses in Class 3A Region 2 play left Beulah High School needing a win against Slocumb High School ...

The city of Opelika is giving its longtime Burgers & Badges fundraiser a fresh twist this October. Municipal Mayhem builds on ...

Due to the emergence of Hurricane Isaias, Dothan High School had to travel to Opelika on Thursday, Oct. 8, a day before the originally scheduled game with Opelika High School since the Wolves’ home ...

OPELIKA — Eight living Medal of Honor recipients will be among the special guests in Opelika for Freedom Fest Weekend, a multiday celebration designed to honor veterans, connect the community with ...

EAST ALABAMA — Nearly two and a half centuries after American independence was won, the search continues for the men and women of the Revolutionary generation who eventually made East Alabama their ...

Earl Norton, 88, of Auburn, died on Oct. 3, 2026. Earl was born in Gadsden, Alabama, on Nov. 13, 1937, to Earl Wood and Fannie Lee Norton. He grew up in rural Etowah County where he saw the sun and ...

For seven years, Danny Atteberry worked mostly behind the scenes at Zoe’s Ice Cream Delite. He cooked in the back, made ...

OPELIKA — World War II veteran Bruce Ross, 99, was honored recently at the Opelika Public Library with a handmade Quilt of Valor presented by members of the GAAL Stateline Group of the Quilts of Valor ...

BY VANESSA ECHOLSFOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — An East Alabama nonprofit organization is inviting the community to ditch ...