By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: Will Rainsville Freedom Fest happen this year? Do you think it should? (Craig Ruttle | Associated Press) RAINSVILLE, Ala. — (Full video on…
Category: DeKalb County
Our New Normal?
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: At Tuesday's meeting of the DeKalb County Commission, it was reported that the DeKalb County Probate Office and Activities Building, as well as…
Board Approves Transfers
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: Zoom meetings are the new normal for the DeKalb County Board of Education. (Marla Jones | Southern Torch) DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The…
Fort Payne Appoints New BOE Member
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full Video on our Facebook) The Fort Payne City Council conducted its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 21. Only citizens…
Five Year Terms?
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama League of Municipalities executive committee will meet this week to decide whether to ask for a one-year delay of…
No Second for Stiefel
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: The Rainsville City Council held their regular meeting via teleconference on Monday evening. (Photo by Getty Images) RAINSVILLE, Ala. — (Full video on…
Commission Holds Special Called Meeting
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full video on our Facebook) The DeKalb County Commission met for a Special Called Meeting on April 7. This meeting…
DeKalb BOE Temporarily Suspends Food Program
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — According to a letter released by DeKalb County Superintendent Dr. Jason Barnett and the DeKalb County Board of Education, the board…