PHOTO: Reggie Byrum, Pastor at Mercy Temple in Pisgah, beginning the memorial service with a prayer. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — This morning at 8:48…

PHOTO: Reggie Byrum, Pastor at Mercy Temple in Pisgah, beginning the memorial service with a prayer. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — This morning at 8:48…
PHOTO: Rainsville Fire Chief Willimac Wright (Center) and Captain Derrick Summerford with representatives with BlueScope Buildings. (Rainsville Fire Department) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Recently, the Rainsville Fire…
PHOTO: A fire broke out late yesterday at a cottage at Nippersink Lodge near DeSoto Falls. Firefighters with the Mentone Fire Department, as well as the Valley Head and Hammondsville Fire Deparments…
PHOTO: The aftermath of the fire on Tuesday, just behind City Hall on 2nd St West in Fort Payne. (Contributed Photo) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. —…
PHOTO: The call went out about 11 am yesterday (June 15), and Fire Fighters from Rainsville and Sylvania responded. A firefighter from the Dogtown Volunteer Fire Department who was near by also…
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Today (June 15), at approximately 3 pm, a tragic accident occurred on Highway 35 in Rainsville, near "Roadside Que" (Intersection of Highway 35…
PHOTO: Tickets are being sold by the North Lookout Mountain Fire Protection District for a grocery shopping spree at PriceLess IGA in Fort Payne! (File Photo | U.S. Forestry Service) By Staff…
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Earlier today, a blaze broke out in the old DeSoto Mills Building in Fort Payne. Hundreds of cotton bales are reportedly burning. The…