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By Marla Jones,Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Coaches from across DeKalb County recently gathered to make their selections for the 2018 All-County Football team. Fyffe senior runningback Payton Anderson was named the Player of the Year. Junior
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Marla Jones) DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The Dekalb County Board of Education met November 29, 2018. After the approval of minutes from last session and a 2017, an audit presentation by Cade
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Cheryl Boydston) DER, Ala. —The Ider Hornets fell to the Spring Garden Panthers 41-27 on Friday night. Ider put the first points on the board with a 8-yard carry by Jacob Higdon.
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Cheryl Boydston) FYFFE, Ala.– The Fyffe Red Devils shutout the Ider Hornets 54-0 on Friday night. Zach Pyron scored the first touchdown of the night, with just :45 seconds ticked off the
BOE hires two new SROs
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Marla Jones) DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The DeKalb County Board of Education, in conjunction with the DeKalb County Commission and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, hired two new resource officers at a public
Local Bands shine at Marching Festival
Contributed by Jenny Wootten Mann SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — To some fall brings the feeling of football and chili, but to others it means marching band and fried oreos! Last Saturday, several bands from north and central Alabama traveled to Scottsboro,
#SiloSingingMom Goes Viral
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com (Photo by Jenny Wootten Mann | Facebook) DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Over the past two weeks, life has drastically changed for Ider’s very own Jenny Wootten Mann. After posting a video of her singing inside
Homecoming Havoc
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Cheryl Boydston) VALLEY HEAD, Ala. — The Ider Hornets spoiled the Valley Head Tigers Homecoming defeating them, 47-20. This is the Hornets ninth straight victory over the Tigers. With 7:52 remaining in
Hornet Homecoming Spoiler
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Cheryl Boydston) IDER, Ala. — The Ider Hornets hosted the Collinsville Panthers for their homecoming on Friday. The Panthers spoiled Ider’s homecoming, defeating them 50-20. Mason McKinney struck first for Collinsville on a
DeKalb Bands in Exhibition
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com (Photos by Zach Hester) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — All seven high school marching bands in DeKalb County set upon Fort Payne’s Wildcat Stadium on Sunday afternoon to take the field in exhibition. The exhibition, where bands
