From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — A fatality occurred in an early morning house fire on County Road 74 in the Mount Vernon Community.…
Month: January 2019
Student Caught at Sylvania with Marijuana
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — A 17-year-old male was caught with a small amount of marijuana in the classroom at Sylvania School on…
Election Changes?
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full LIVE Video on Facebook) The Fort Payne City Council held their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, January…
Missing Juvenile Located
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Earlier today, Investigators with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office located the 17-year-old missing female from Sylvania. The juvenile…
PHONE SCAM ALERT: New Scam Impersonates Sheriff’s Office
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — A new scam is targeting citizens in the DeKalb County area, and is impersonating the DeKalb County Sheriff’s…
Stiefel Says Ag Director Must Go
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The Rainsville City Council held a special called meeting last night, January 10, at 5pm in the Council Chambers. In a…
Justice Served
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On August 7, 2018, a resident on Valley View Avenue reported a suspicious truck in a neighbor’s driveway. The neighbor…
Into the Woods with Southern Torch!
My name is Gage Hunter Griggs. I am 17 and I am a senior at Fort Payne High School. This weekend I went hunting at Adamsburg and bagged this beautiful buck.…