EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated on January 20, 2017 to include comments from Councilman Marshall Stiefel to explain his 'no' votes on two of the resolutions passed in this meeting. By Tyler Pruett,…
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Rainsville, Fort Payne Chambers win Funding Battles
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — One responsibility facing each municipal government every year is deciding upon a budget for their prospective cities. This helps ensure that each…
OPED: Why we provide coverage of local government meetings
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com In last week’s regular meeting of the Fort Payne City Council, Mayor Larry Chesser put forth a contract that would have paid WLOW, a local…
Rainsville City Council Meeting, January 3, 2017 (VIDEO)
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — In the first meeting of the Rainsville City Council for 2017, the council handled several personnel issues in the public safety departments,…
Fort Payne City Council Meeting, January 3, 2017 (Video)
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — In their first meeting of 2017, the Fort Payne City Council approved a resolution that merged several city departments together and approved…
Rainsville City Council holds last meeting of 2016 (VIDEO)
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — (Video Below) On Monday, December 19 the Rainsville City Council convened for the final workshop and meeting of 2016. Before the meeting, the mayor, city council,…
Planning experts looking for citizen’s input in Rainsville
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala — City planning experts from the Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG) will meet with residents from Rainsville tonight to get…
Buy a personalized “paver” to help build Patriot’s Park
PHOTO: The monument, located on the corner of 5th Street and Godfrey Ave, will allow for 15,000 pavers, and DeKalb County Revenue Commissioner Tyler Wilkes estimates roughly 2000 pavers will initially…