By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Wochit News | YouTube) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full video on our Facebook) The Fort Payne Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday,…
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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…
Inside The Statehouse
By Steve Flowers, Political Columnist MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The legislature meets in regular session every year for three-and-a-half months. However, an extraordinary special session can be called by the governor if…
Our New Normal?
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: At Tuesday's meeting of the DeKalb County Commission, it was reported that the DeKalb County Probate Office and Activities Building, as well as…
Board Approves Transfers
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: Zoom meetings are the new normal for the DeKalb County Board of Education. (Marla Jones | Southern Torch) DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The…
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…
DeKalb County Courthouse to Reopen
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Chris Pruitt | Wikimedia Commons) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — At today's meeting of the DeKalb County Commission, it was announced that the DeKalb County…
Ivey Amends "Safer At Home" Order
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com ALABAMA — On Friday, Governor Kay Ivey (R-Ala.) and State Public Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris delivered an update regarding the State of Alabama's "safer…