Featured image: The team prays before practice By Marla Jones Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com CROSSVILLE, Ala,— The Crossville Varsity Football team is no stranger to adversity. This year they received news that their…
Month: August 2016
Deputies make multiple arrests serving warrant
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com DOGTOWN, Ala.—Last Thursday, July 28, agents with the DeKalb County Drug and Major Crimes Unit along with sheriff’s deputies went to a residence on county…
GOP caucus selects Rep. Mac McCutcheon as new Alabama House Speaker
MONTGOMERY, Ala. –Alabama Rep. Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, was selected by his Republican colleagues today as their choice for Speaker of the House in the Alabama House of Representatives. Republicans hold a…
Fort Payne Police Report, Monday, July 25 - Thursday, July 28
By Staff Reports Monday July 25th Reported Incidents (7/25) Duty to Stop and Remain – Occurred at 1700 Gault Ave N. A quarter panel on a 2005 KIA Sedona was damaged,…
Suspect in Cherokee County double-murder taken into custody
CENTRE, Ala —Cherokee County double-homicide suspect, Jeffrey Alan Wilcox, Jr., wanted for Capital Murder and First Degree Kidnapping is behind bars today. Perhaps even more importantly, his kidnapped wife Chasidy Wilcox…
Councilman Dana Goggans drops out of race for Fort Payne City Council
FORT PAYNE, Ala.—There was major breaking news in Fort Payne today regarding the upcoming race for city council. In a move many voters did not see coming, incumbent Fort Payne City…
Radar picks up strange ring shapes in skies over DeKalb
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Over the weekend, a series of unusual radar signatures appeared over several areas of North Alabama and Tennessee on WHNT 19’s weather radar.…
Manhunt for suspect in Cherokee County double murder, kidnapping continues
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com CENTRE, Ala — Warrants for Capital Murder and First Degree Kidnapping have been issued for Jeffrey Alan Wilcox, Jr., age 30, of Calhoun County. The…