By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Several local churches and businesses are holding Halloween events this weekend to celebrate the end of this spooky season. Here is…
Category: Community
Fighters Come in All Sizes
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — On Monday, the Rainsville City Council signed a Proclamation that designated October as Dwarfism Awareness and Acceptance Month. Dwarfism is short…
Toys-for-Tots to Begin Accepting Applications
By Southern Torch Staff PICTURED: Several volunteers who were honored with a plaque for their work on the 2019 Toys-for-Tots campaign. (Photo by LaRue Hardinger) DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The Northeast…
Council on Aging to Give Free Food Boxes
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com HENAGAR, Ala. — The DeKalb County Council on Aging will hold a food drive to distribute free boxes of food at the Henagar City Park…
Remembering Doris Hobbs
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — On Sunday, October 4, DeKalb County lost a local radio icon and all-around wonderful person, Doris Ella Hobbs. Hobbs served as…
Letter from the Editor: At Least We Can Still Kiss
PHOTO: Arizona Governor George W.P. Hunt, right, protecting himself during the flu pandemic. (Photo by Don Taylor) In this special column, Managing Editor Marla Jones compares the pandemic of 2020 to…
ADPH Hosts Flu Shot Clinics in DeKalb County
By Southern Torch Staff (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters) DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Public Health will be hosting six drive-thru flu shot clinics in DeKalb County this October.…
Rainsville Nutrition Opens Doors
Rainsville Nutrition held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, September 30. PICTURED (L to R): Sandy Goff, Carol Hiett, Ruth Dukes, Ina Lloyd, Rodger Lingerfelt, Marshall Stiefel, Danilla Quintana (owner), Diana Acosta,…