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Day: January 2, 2020
Inside The Statehouse: It's a Presidential Year
By Steve Flowers, ST Columnist MONTGOMERY, Ala. — As the new year begins, so does a Presidential election year. For several decades, in fact, for most of the twentieth century, Alabamians…
Top Stories of 2019 (Part Two)
By Southern Torch Staff At the end of each year, we look back and choose our most important stories and narrow the list down to ten. After last week's post on…
2019 All-State Football Honors
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The 2019 Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State high school football teams, honorable mentions and coaches of the year. Here are those selected…
Fyffe Wins Don Webb Invitational
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — On Saturday, the Fyffe Red Devils (20-1) defeated the Class 4A, Talledega Tigers, 92-75 to win the Don Webb Invitational. Gabe…
Lady Bears Win Westminster Classic
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Plainview Lady Bears defeated Westminster Christian Academy, 56-23. Harley Wilkins led the Lady Bears with 14 points. Sadie Jackson and Kamryn…
2A Region 7 All-Region Team 2019
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: 2A Region 7 All-Region Player of the Year Kaleb Jones (Marla Jones | Southern Torch) ALABAMA — The selections for the Class 2A Region…
Fire Destroys Officer's Home
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Submitted Photo) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Christmas Eve, the home of Fort Payne's own Sgt. JC Brown burned with all contents lost. Since…