By Staff Reports (Photo by Zach Hester) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — According to Fort Payne Police Chief Randy Bynum: At 8:40am, a 2017 Volvo Truck, owned by E Trucking of Chamblee, Ga., being driven by…
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Sheriff's Office updated on weekend homicide, shooting
By Staff Reports DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — On Saturday, December 1, deputies and local police were dispatched to a shooting at a residence on County Road 34 in Crossville. The victim, George…
Christmas In Dixie
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Kristy Gallagher) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — By now in New York City, there is snow on the ground, but they still don’t have a…
County recognizes Master's Games participants
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Marla Jones) DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The DeKalb County Commission held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, November 27. Emily McCamy of the Council…
Rainsville Community Mourns Willmon
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Rainsville lost a longtime banker and friend on Monday, November 26. Anthony Willmon, former President of the First Bank of the South, passed…
SEMI-FINAL BOUND
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com FYFFE, Ala. — The number one ranked, Class 2A Fyffe Red Devils defeated the Ohatchee Indians, 21-13 on Friday night. Fans were on the edge of their…
Legislators deliver State of the State
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com (Photo by Marla Jones) DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — On Tuesday, DeKalb and Jackson counties’ state legislators gathered alongside local officials and residents to deliver the 2018…
Fort Payne Battles Downtown Fire
By Marla Jones, Reporter • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo by Orvetta Angelic Patterson) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Monday night, a blaze broke out in a vacant building in downtown Fort Payne. Firefighters responded…