By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The Fort Payne City Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 19. The Council passed Resolution 2019-06, which declares…
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Commission hosts Leadership DeKalb
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The DeKalb County Commission held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 12 at the DeKalb County Activities Building. In the…
AG Marshall Announces Felony Ethics Conviction of Former Clerk of Town of Pisgah
From the Office of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall: MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the felony ethics conviction of the former clerk of the Town of Pisgah in Jackson County. Jennifer Lynne Hall, 43, pleaded guilty…
FP Council Honors ROTC
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — At this week’s meeting of the Fort Payne City Council, Mayor Larry Chesser and the Council honored several students from the…
BOE adds to Bus Fleet
By Marla Jones Managing Editor DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The DeKalb County Board of Education held their monthly meeting on January 31, 2019. The Board proudly showcased a new special…
Council Determines Ag Director Discipline was Appropriate
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The Rainsville City Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, February 4, 2019. In the workshop, Councilmember Marshall Stiefel asked the…
CBS NEWS POLL: 76 Percent of SOTU Viewers Approve of Trump's Address
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/06/cbs-sotu-trump-approval-viewers/?fbclid=IwAR3a5LLpGNuN3yFIYnrMwp6SjS9yGOlsbxP0vOwpuv0mmO-ZHYSm72dZBzk By Mike Brest, Reporter (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) CBS News released an instant poll that showed slightly over three-fourths of those who watched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union…
STATE OF THE STATE
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full Video on our Facebook) On Tuesday night, citizens gathered in Fort Payne to hear about the State of the State…