By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The DeKalb County VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 3128 recently honored Lieutenant Joshua Michael Jennings with the National VFW Firefighter of the…
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Stamp Out Hunger
By Zach Hester, Reporter DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — For more than twenty years, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) has had an annual food drive on the second Saturday of May that…
Buy a personalized paver and help finish Patriot's Park!
PHOTO: The Prisoner of War/Missing in Action and American Flags raised Friday by Fort Payne High School JROTC over Patriot's Park. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) Contributed by Tyler Wilkes, DeKalb County…
"A date which will live in infamy;" Pearl Harbor Memorial held at Little River
PHOTO: Locals and Veterans gather at the GE Hill Bridge crossing Little River Canyon to remember the Pearl Harbor attack, which happened 76 years ago today. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By…
Fort Payne holds 2017 Veterans Day Parade (Photos)
PHOTO: The Fort Payne High School JROTC Battalion leads the way in yesterday's annual parade to honor local Veterans held in Fort Payne. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Staff Reports…
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…