BY MARLA BALLARD REPORTER bamabell62@gmail.com FORT PAYNE, ALA. -- Debbie Johnson, at 5 feet tall is known to her friends as “Little Debbie.” Johnson is also known as a runner. Being…
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NACC pursuing women's softball team and stadium
College officials announced today that Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) has submitted initial plans to establish a women’s softball team at the college and will build a women’s softball stadium on…
Whataburger Coming to Fort Payne
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.- The Fort Payne City Council held a Special Called Meeting, on Tuesday, August 30.At the meeting the Fort Payne City Council voted to declare…
Local Main Street Programs Recognized
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com OPELIKA, Ala.-- Main Street Alabama celebrated local program successes at the ninth annual Awards of Excellence program on August 18, at the Auburn Marriott Opelika Resort…
Young Entrepreneur Teaches Horsemanship
By Marla Ballard Reporter DAWSON, ALA. -- Lynley Reinert is an extraordinary seventeen-year-old, at age sixteen she started up her own business. She teaches horsemanship, her schedule is flexible since she…
Wooten to release "With the Devil’s Help" on Sep. 6
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- After fourteen long months, the true story of poverty, mental illness, and murder titled With the Devil’s Help by local author Neal Wooten, …
Homecoming Court for Cornerstone Christian Academy
L-R. House of Elisha- Kennon Fortner and Katherine Hensley, House of Ravenwood- Jack Wagner and Jaelin Monroe, House of Zion- Braxton Clines and Sydnee Griffith, The Potter’s House- Jeremy Andrews and…
BEE on the Brow Bed and Breakfast
By Marla Ballard, Reporter | Bamabell62@gmail.com MENTONE, Ala. – Along the brow of Lookout Mountain seekers of tranquility will find Bee on the Brow Bed & Breakfast Inn. The guesthouse opened…