BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER BEAUREGARD — Before the hot summer sun ever had a chance to evaporate the predawn dew from the grass, Beauregard High School’s football team had long been hard at work.Dozens of players shuffled around the practice field, moving from warmup lines and position drills to a team-wide walkthrough.Later in the morning, they gathered in the weight room for a “four-quarter” workout that tested their mental and physical...
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER LOACHAPOKA — Ashley Anderson’s love affair with basketball has taken her all over the world.Although she got her start in Alabama, her career has taken her to Alaska, China and Oman.Now, Anderson is taking her experience to Loachapoka High School after being announced as the school’s eighth head girls basketball coach.Anderson takes over for former head coach Sabrina Mulligan, who retired at the end of the 2025-26...
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Updates on a proposed 250,000-square-foot middle school and the Fox Run School expansion headlined the work session held before the Opelika City Council’s July 7 meeting.Representatives from Scout Program Management, the firm overseeing the district’s capital improvement projects, walked council members through renderings, timelines and the traffic and financing questions that come with projects of this...
BY ROB DAVISFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — It will be a bit of a homecoming when Hattie B’s Hot Chicken opens for business in Auburn on July 16. Nick Bishop Sr., who co-founded the company with his son Nick Bishop Jr., is a 1976 graduate of Auburn University.“We are incredibly excited about opening in a city we hold dear, and in a treasured local landmark across from campus near Toomer’s Drugs,” Bishop Sr. said. “It doesn’t get any better than...
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN —The Auburn City Council on July 7 certified several municipal races in which only one candidate qualified before the filing deadline.The action finalized the vast majority of city council seats ahead of the Aug. 25 municipal elections, with six of the city's eight council seats going uncontested.Those seats include Ward 1 Council Member Connie Fitch Taylor, Ward 2 Council Member Kirsten Milenkovitch,...
BY MICHELLE KEYFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA —The Opelika City Council approved a little more than $7.6 million in construction contracts for three road and infrastructure projects during its July 7 meeting.The projects included construction on Bridgewater Boulevard, improvements to Hi-Pack Drive and the Mill Village roundabout and roadway improvement project.The council awarded a $1.53 million contract for the Bridgewater Boulevard project and a...
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Freedom Celebration draws families, patriotic tributes and a spectacular fireworks finale.
A Lee County resident and retired Auburn police officer recently marked the Fourth of July by reflecting on the military service and sacrifices of several generations of his family. Joe Stroud said his sixth great-grandfather, William Hampton...
D1 LIFE FOUNDATION RECEIVES DONATION — Deborah Pegues and Jalen Plott accept a donation for the D1 Life Foundation, which was established in memory of Dylan Pegues following his death in June 2022. The foundation provides scholarships to high...
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