By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — (Full video at SouthernTorch.com) The Rainsville Council held a special called meeting on Friday to vote on whether or not the…
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FP Council revisits election changes
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full video online @ SouthernTorch.com) The Fort Payne City Council held a special called meeting on Friday regarding a recently…
Twin City Feeds First Responders at HMC
By Southern Torch Staff SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Bobby Ledbetter's Twin City Used Car Sales partnered with Rick Roden of the Scottsboro Chamber of Commerce, and GM Tim of Zaxby's in Scottsboro…
Ivey Modifies "Safer-At-Home" Order
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com (Photo via Alabama Governor's Office) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Thursday afternoon, Governor Kay Ivey (R-Ala.) and State Public Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris delivered an…
FREEDOM FEST: Where Do You Stand?
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: Will Rainsville Freedom Fest happen this year? Do you think it should? (Craig Ruttle | Associated Press) RAINSVILLE, Ala. — (Full video on…
Lawmakers Pass Ivey's Plan for CARES Act Funds
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Monday, Alabama lawmakers overwhelmingly approved Governor Kay Ivey's (R-Ala.) executive amendment on how to appropriate the $1.8 billion allocated by the…
Human Remains found near Mentone
By Southern Torch Staff FORT PAYNE, Ala. — From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: Yesterday (May 12, 2020), a contractor doing work on a home near Mentone discovered…
BOE Updates Graduation Schedule
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Just one week after setting a graduation schedule for DeKalb County schools in July, the DeKalb County Board of Education has…