SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER The Alabama Tourism Department has named Sunset Drive Walking Trail in Guntersville one of Alabama’s 25 Must-Tread Trails for 2025 as a part of the celebration for…
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Changes to FPHS bus loop, drop-offs starting Friday
Staff Reports Because of new construction of the campus of Fort Payne High School, changes have been made in the bus loop starting Friday, April 4. The bus loop will now…
Fatal crash closes Highway 68
Staff Writer Collinsville police and fire department personnel are on the scene of a fatal crash on Alabama Highway 68 East and the Armory. The roadway has been closed for about…
Delta planes arrive at Albertville Regional
By SHANNON J. ALLEN The Reporter A Delta Air Lines Boeing 717 landed at Albertville Regional Airport on Wednesday, the first of the company’s airliners to report to Aviation Service Partners…
DeKalb tourism still growing
Story by Donna Thornton donna@southerntorch.com Tourism numbers have been very good in DeKalb County in recent years, DeKalb County Tourism Board Director John Dersham said, while giving the Fort Payne City…
MISSION TRIP
First United Methodist Church UnityYouth Mission Team travels to Mississippi Katie Hightower The First United Methodist Church of Scottsboro’s UnityYouth Mission Team took a trip to the Midtown area of Jackson,…
I-59 Traffic Transition Begins this Week
HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists that all traffic on several miles of Interstate 59 between Reece City and Collinsville will be shifted to the southbound roadway for…
Move Over Alabama
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com NORTHEAST ALABAMA-- The Alabama Move Over Act went into effect in 2010, but police say a lot of drivers do not follow it. According to the…