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Marine Mom and the Marine Corps League ensured flags were up for Memorial Day
08 Jun 2017

Marine Mom and the Marine Corps League ensured flags were up for Memorial Day

PHOTO: Jim Nabors of Trenton, GA (Past Sergeant At Arms); and Tony Goolesby of Sylvania (Sergeant At Arms) with the U.S. Army Flag, one of the six flags raised at the Mountain View Memory Gardens in Pine Ridge. (LaRue Hardinger | Northeast Alabama

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Fort Payne American Legion to hold memorial in honor of Four Chaplains
17 Feb 2017

Fort Payne American Legion to hold memorial in honor of Four Chaplains

PHOTO: When a troop transport was torpedoed by a German Submarine in frigid waters, four chaplains gave up life vest and their lives so others may live. (Wikimedia Commons) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor  tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Saturday, February 18 at 10

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20 Feb 2016

DeKalb County voters to decide on seats in U.S. House and Senate

By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com Because 2016 is a presidential election year and media coverage of the presidential race is so extensive, the importance of other races on the ballot—county, statewide, even other federal races—often becomes minimized and lost in the

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Dekalb Co. Brothers Served Together, Died Together on Dec. 7th, 1941
11 Dec 2015

Dekalb Co. Brothers Served Together, Died Together on Dec. 7th, 1941

By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com Monday marked the 74th Anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Dec. 7th, 1941 marked the beginning of America’s involvement in WWII, which would affect virtually all families and communities across the country over the

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