By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The DeKalb County Basketball Tournament kicked off on Monday with the #1 Plainview Varsity Boys defeating the #8 Valley Head Tigers,…

By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The DeKalb County Basketball Tournament kicked off on Monday with the #1 Plainview Varsity Boys defeating the #8 Valley Head Tigers,…
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…
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — On Tuesday, citizens around DeKalb County made their voices heard by voting in their respective town’s or city’s municipal elections. For…
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — As polls close around DeKalb County, Southern Torch is bringing you live, up-to-date election results from each of our local municipalities.…
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com COLLINSVILLE, Ala. — According to Collinsville Police Chief Rex Leath, a body was discovered on Tuesday night in the lower part of the parking…
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: Municipal elections will be held on Tuesday, August 25. (Anna Miller | Tufts University) DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Qualifying for the 2020 municipal…
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The DeKalb County Board of Education held their regularly scheduled meeting on July 9, 2020, via the Zoom platform. …
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com COLLINSVILLE, Ala. — Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many nursing homes have been forced to close their doors to visitors; however, Collinsville Healthcare and Rehab…