Story & Photo by Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com PHOTO: Plainview High School's marching band presented a patriotic show in the 2018 DeKalb County Band Exhibition last year. FORT PAYNE, Ala.…
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Southern Torch Celebrates Six-Year Anniversary
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.— Southern Torch celebrates its sixth year as a media company this week. On August 26, 2013, Southern Torch began to shine…
Johnson Receives FFA's Highest Honor
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com SYLVANIA, Ala. — Kailee Johnson, a Sylvania alumna and current Auburn University student, recently received notification that she had earned the highest honor awarded by…
"Not Your Average Joe"
By Staff Reports SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — In a world full of voices, the ones you should be listening to every weekday morning belong to a tall shiny jokester named Joe and…
Rainsville Chamber Tees Off at Golf Tournament!
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor PICTURED: Ryan Jones, along with his team of Cody Hurley and Derrick Blevins, won the Rainsville Chamber of Commerce's Scholarship Golf Tournament. They are pictured with…
Ider HCL Presents Grant to Library
Story & Photo contributed by Carolyn W. Boatner IDER, Ala. — The Ider Homemakers and Community Leaders applied for a grant from the DeKalb County HCL and the Alabama State HCL for…
Soar with the Eagles
By Staff Reports DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Join the Cornerstone Christian Academy Eagles for a 5K and one-mile fun run on Saturday, September 21, 2019. The race will begin and end…
Dollar Tree Coming to Rainsville
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Work is scheduled to begin soon on a new location for Dollar Tree in Rainsville. It will use the space formerly…