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…
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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…
Wanted Fugitive Taken into Custody on Friday Night
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: On Friday night, deputies and agents with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics and Criminal Interdiction Unit apprehended…
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…
INSIDE THE HUDDLE with the Plainview Bears
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — On one of the hottest days of the year with heat advisory flags waving, we visited the Plainview Bears. The saying…
Spotlight on Coaches with Plainview's Nick Ledbetter
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — This week’s Spotlight on Coaches is shining on Nick Ledbetter, Head Coach for the Plainview Bears Varsity Football Team. Ledbetter is…
Commission Honors Fort Payne Couple
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The DeKalb County Commission held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, August 13. To start the meeting, the Commission proclaimed…
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…