Columbia Falls, MAINE, and Fort Payne, AL — October 12, 2022 — Hannah White Arnett Chapter NSDAR and DeKalb County VFW Post 3128 announced today that it has chosen to support…
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Local Business Receives National Recognition
FORT PAYNE, ALA - Fort Payne Footworks & Outdoors has been a Fort Payne landmark since 2007, owner Jack Davidson has kept the store in operation with his modern thinking and…
Update on missing persons
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden:FORT PAYNE, Ala. — UPDATE on Missing Person Makenna Joy Purvis. As of10/22/2022 Makenna is still missing. Makenna’s family and friends are very…
Leath Hired as Career Tech Instructor
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com Rainsville, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook) The Rainsville City Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 17. The Rainsville Council approved the…
Crossville Named as A+ School of Excellence
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com Rainsville, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook) The DeKalb County Board of Education meeting was held on Tuesday, October 18. Crossville School was recognized as…
Getting Away From It All
RAINSVILLE, ALA - Residents of DeKalb and Jackson counties might besurprised to know they do not have to travel to Chattanooga, Huntsville, orBirmingham for problems such as; thin eyelashes, sagging neck…
NO SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN VEHICLE STRIKES BUILDING
On Friday October 14 th 2022 at approximately 12:25PM Rainsville Police Department andFire Department received a call that a vehicle had crashed into the side of the shoppingcenter in the 800…
Boxes for Hurricane Victims
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.--After Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, a DeKalb County couple started questioning what they could do to help the many victims. After contacting…