By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Last Monday night, candidates for Rainsville City Council Place 2, D.L. Stiefel and former-councilman Bejan Taheri traded jabs at the WVSM Radio…
Month: August 2016
This year's Distinguished Young Women of DeKalb finalists
This year's Distinguished Young Women of DeKalb finalists By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The DeKalb County chapter of Distinguished Young Women has announced it’s finalists for the…
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia: The bombing of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
An eyewitness recalls the 1996 bombing of Olympic Centennial Park Editor's note: The 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio have taken center stage in the U.S. and around the world. But for those of…
Circuit Judge Jeremy Taylor to run for re-election in November
By: Joseph M. Morgan, Editor and Publisher DEKALB/CHEROKEE COUNTIES, Ala.—Circuit Judge Jeremy Taylor, who presides as a judge in Alabama’s Ninth Judicial Circuit that covers DeKalb and Cherokee Counties, announced this…
Inside the Huddle, Summer review, by Marla Jones
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com For the past nine weeks, I have had the honor to attend football practices at every school in the county. At each school, I was…
Sylvania holds 2nd Annual Wingfest
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com SYLVANIA, Ala.—The Sylvania High School Quarterback Club will be hosting the 2nd annual Wingfest fundraiser on August 6, 2016 at the Sylvania High School Football…
This week in drag racing
Kevin Ellis of Rainsville standing the winners circle taking 1st place with his winning pro car camaro and Roger Wigley Friday night at Sand Mountain Dragway. The runner up for the…
Local Players compete in California, by Marla Jones
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calf.— Two players from the Plainview Varsity Lady Bears softball team are competing in the National Premier Girls Fastpitch Softball Tournament held in…