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Board of Education to Address Common Core
The Common Core debate rages on across Alabama and around the country. Thursday the Alabama State Board of education will consider revoking the Memorandum of Agreement with the National Governor's Association…
The Great Debate (Part II)
By Mary Scott Hunter In 1979 my father played his last NFL season as a quarterback for the Detroit Lions. My family moved to Birmingham, Michigan just outside of Detroit, and I…
Breaking: Rhonda Jill Johnson
Southern Torch has learned from a source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, that Rhonda Jill Johnson was hospitalized in Huntsville over the weekend for a 'possible drug overdose' and…
Indivisible...If Only for a Moment
I know today there are thousands of pieces written by thousands of better writers with more ties and perspective to 9/11 than myself. But still, I'll never forget how I felt…
The Great Debate (Part I)
I'll be honest...I'm sick of hearing about it. The majority of people I hear talking about it can't even tell me what it is. I know you've heard of it. You're…
The Gateway to Progress
(Powell) In addition the creation of an engineering technology program, Northeast Alabama Community College, recently placed in the top 10% of community colleges in the nation by the Aspen Institute, has…