By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com COLLINSVILLE, Ala. — Last weekend, Lee County Commissioner and brother to Fort Payne City Council candidate Randall Ham, Robert Ham Jr. made a stop…
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Former Auburn Coach Pat Dye Passes Away
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com AUBURN, Ala. — Pat Dye, Head Coach for the Auburn football team from 1981-1992 has passed away at the age of 80. Dye had…
Fyffe Outruns Reeltown
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com AUBURN, Ala. – The Fyffe Red Devils rolled to an insurmountable 42-point lead in the opening half and cruised to a 56-7 victory over Reeltown…
Final Round Bound
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FYFFE, Ala. — On Friday night, Fyffe defeated the Aliceville Yellow Jackets 49-8 in the semi-finals of the Class 2A Alabama High School Athletic…
Thompson receives Rotarian award
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Rainsville resident Lelon “Doc” Thompson was recently awarded the Honorable Rotarian Award for fifty-three years of active service. The Rotary Club meets weekly.…
Southern Torch Alabama or Auburn ticket giveaway
By Staff Reports RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The Southern Torch is giving away 2 free tickets to Alabama vs. Kentucky or Auburn vs. Louisiana Monroe (Saturday, October 1 games), with the winner deciding the…
Sylvania Volleyball gets ready for the 2016 season
Volleyball Team attended camp in Auburn last week. They will play in a preseason game on July 29, 2016 at South Pittsburg, TN. The regular season games will begin on August…
Former speaker Mike Hubbard sentenced
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com OPELIKA, Ala. — Earlier today, Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard was sentenced on 12 felony charges in violation of the state’s ethics laws. Hubbard…