From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — During the last three weeks of June and the first week of July, 16 were arrested on drug-related…
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Board Approves Window Replacement Project
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, ALA-- (Video on Southern Torch Facebook) The DeKalb County Board of Education met on Friday, July 1. Kyle King and Todd Smith of Scheider, presented…
Hit-and-Run Hearing Set
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, ALA.-- A preliminary hearing has been set for a Sylvania man charged with manslaughter following a hit-and run accident on April 2. Tyler Blaise…
40th Sand Mountain Potato Festival
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com HENAGAR, Ala.-- The City of Henagar held their 40th annual Sand Mountain Potato Festival on July 4. The Sand Mountain Potato Festival is the pride and…
Following in His Steps
Marla Ballard, Reporter Bamabell62@gmail.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.-- School Resource Officers (SROs) are assigned to every school in DeKalb County. Law Enforcement Officer, Lieutenant, Tony Bartley has served as an SRO and…
Secretary of State Merrill Addresses Redistricting Controversies
Recently, the implementation of the newly drawn state legislative district lines has become a point of conversation in large part due to a lack of required performance by a very small…
I-59 Traffic Transition Begins this Week
HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists that all traffic on several miles of Interstate 59 between Reece City and Collinsville will be shifted to the southbound roadway for…
GRAND OPENING OF ART STUDIO
BY MARLA BALLARD REPORTER Bamabell62@gmail.com FORT PAYNE, ALA.-- Darliene Carter has been an artist since the 1980s. Carter has studied under the tutelage of several well-known artists who have been both…