Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- The saga of Food City's proposed location in Fort Payne continues after an error in the city’s legal advertisement was published in a…
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Me and my shadow: K-9 unit benefiting community
BY MARLA BALLARD REPORTER bamabell62@gmail.com DEKALB COUNTY, ALA. – When Officer Josh Wigley talks about his “Shadow” he is referring to his K-9 partner on the police force. Wigley has been…
Board recognizes Employees of the Year
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com Rainsville, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook Page) The DeKalb County Board of Education held its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 25. The meeting…
Powell Officers Narrowly Escape Drunk Driver
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com POWELL, Ala.-- During an unrelated investigation Officer Wilson and Chief Stephen Malone were conducting near Northeast Alabama Community College, the officers observed a car approaching them…
Postal inspectors intercept 10lbs methamphetamine
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden:FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Agents from ALEA Region FNarcotics, ADETF Region F Narcotics, DeKalb County Narcotics Unit, Huntsville(STAC)…
Whataburger Coming to Fort Payne
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.- The Fort Payne City Council held a Special Called Meeting, on Tuesday, August 30.At the meeting the Fort Payne City Council voted to declare…
Local Main Street Programs Recognized
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com OPELIKA, Ala.-- Main Street Alabama celebrated local program successes at the ninth annual Awards of Excellence program on August 18, at the Auburn Marriott Opelika Resort…
Evacuation in Rainsville
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, ALA.-- On Thursday, August 18, at approximately 9:30 a.m., an 18-wheeler overturned, at the intersection of Alabama 75 and Alabama 35 in Rainsville. As Rainsville…