Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com Rainsville, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook) The Rainsville City Council held a public meeting with Criterion Consulting, before their regular meeting on Monday, to…
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Brown Celebrates 50 Years with BSA
Senator Steve Livingston presented Scoutmaster Don Brown with a Proclamation for being the longest-serving Scoutmaster with one troop at the reception held to honor Brown. Marla Jones|Southern Torch Marla Jones, Managing…
Grand Jury Returns No Bill
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.--A man was found dead in Fort Payne on Sunday, January 2, 2022, after a shooting incident in the 1000 block of Gault Avenue…
FP Receives Equipment Assistance Grant
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- The Fort Payne City Board of Education held its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, February 23. Fort Payne Superintendent Brian Jett announced that…
Contamination Containers Removed From Rainsville
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala.-- The containers that stored the dirt and debris used to absorb and catch the organic peroxide that was spilled on August 18, 2022, have…
Young Farmers Named Commodity Division Winners
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-- Ben and Jessica Johnson of DeKalb County were named Soybean Division winners in the Alabama Farmers Federation 2023 Outstanding Young Farm Family (OYFF) contest during the organization’s Young Farmers…
Rainsville Eyes City School System
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@sourtherntorch.com Rainsville, Ala.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook) The Rainsville City Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, February 22. Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt announced that…
Grand Jury Returns No Bill
Fort Payne Police Chief David Davis States: In February, the Dekalb County Grand Jury convened and evidence and information was presented to them in the case from January 2, 2022 when Randell Jerome Meyers, age 44 of Fort…