PHOTO: Sunday night's storms brought several rounds of heavy rain and low-end tornadoes to DeKalb County, resulting in damage to roads across the county. (Marla Jones | Southern Torch) By Marla…
Category: Community
FP Kiwanis Delivers "Meals on Wheels"
By Southern Torch Staff (Photo by Gabe Souza | Getty Images) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — As part of their long list of service projects in the community, the Fort Payne Kiwanis…
Close Call for Rainsville Residents
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Residents of County Road 560, past the new Chavies Bridge in Rainsville, had quite the scare last night as the floodwaters…
Letter from the Editor: Comfort in the Storms
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com COLLINSVILLE, Ala. — Often times when you look on social media, you will see complaints about police officers. There will always be the posts…
Together In Spirit on Easter
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Sunday morning when Fort Payne First Baptist Pastor Marshall Henderson enters his pulpit to deliver an Easter message, he…
Local Restaurant Gives Back
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com HENAGAR, Ala. — Gabriela and Mario Limon, of Limon’s Mexican Restaurant in Henagar, understand that this is a difficult time in everyone’s life. The…
The COVID-19 Survival Kit
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — According to DeKalb County EMA Assistant Director Michael Posey, the coronavirus has yet to reach its peak within the County, but…
FAITH: Better Days
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com By now, if you haven't been living under any sort of rock, you'll have noticed things are...a little different. Instead of the majority of us…