By Staff Reports FORT PAYNE, Ala.—Last week the city of Fort Payne was designated a Valley Sustainable Silver Community by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) after the city completed a number…
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Mark Ford presents a check to Geri Monroe
DeKalb Ambulance Service (DAS) Director Mark Ford presents a check to Cancer Care Center Administrator Geri Monroe. DAS and Cancer Care Center of DeKalb have partnered together to raise money for…
Requirements for sales tax exemption in Alabama set to change Jan. 1
By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com Starting on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 Alabama organizations who are exempt from paying sales tax are required to have a universal sales tax exemption form with a…
New Year's Resolutions
By Karah Wilson karah@southerntorch.com DEKALB CO., Ala.—One of the biggest New Year’s traditions is making a New Year’s resolution. Some of us may make the same ones each year because they…
Sic Transit – a New Year’s Thought
By Dr. John E. Morgan Pastor–Collinsville Baptist Church It was the last lesson he taught me. His name was Dr. Nolan Fowler. He was one of those teachers who teach us…
A Moment with Megan: No Expiration Dates
By Megan Blansit Founder of The Beautiful Movement - a youth ministry for high school girls. For more information, visit The Beautiful Movement’s Facebook page, where I post the time, place,…
2016 New Year’s Events
By Karah Wilson karah@southerntorch.com DEKALB CO., Ala.—The year is dwindling down and people are already making preparations for next year. The new year won’t officially begin until Thursday and there are…
Donate your soles for those in need
By Karah Wilson karah@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.—Residents in DeKalb County now have an opportunity to help out families that are in poverty around the world. Auburn University sophomore Tyler Fraebel has…