Southern Torch is pleased to welcome Marla Ballard as a contributing writer. Her weekly columns will feature human interest stories about the residents and businesses of both DeKalb and Jackson Counties.…
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Pruitt to Return to Plainview
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.--(Full Video on Southern Torch Facebook Page) The DeKalb County Board of Education held its regularly scheduled meeting on June 3. At the meeting,…
FP Talks Trash
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook) The Fort Payne City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 7. Mayor Brian Baine…
Medical Cannabis Plant Talks Begin
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorchl.com HENAGAR, Ala.-- A crowd of neatly 150 Henagar citizens gathered at a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday. The topic of discussion was the possible location of…
Local Actors Perform in Guys and Dolls
Submitted Report “Guys and Dolls” Whole Backstage 2022 Summer Musical Cast Members by Hometowns by Katherine Brewer The Whole Backstage Community Theatre and Season Sponsor Sonny Lewis announce the upcoming summer…
Remembering D-Day
By David Hall Reporter david@southerntorch.com On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in the D-Day invasion of World War II. Operation Neptune (the official codename…
Ten arrested in two days on drug related charges
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Date: June 3, 2022 From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The first two days of June has been…
Singing With The Stars is back!
After a two-year break caused by Covid, Teddy Gentry’s Singing With The Stars is back! The event is scheduled for Thursday, June 16th, at 6 pm at the Tom Bevill Lyceum…