Featured image: Coach Chuck Williams will officially take over as Varsity Boys Basketball Coach after filling in last year. By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com VALLEY HEAD, Ala.— Valley Head was granted…
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The “SEC Primary” delivers on expectations
By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com ALABAMA, USA— This presidential primary was one unlike any other in recent memory for our state. Alabama saw visits from every major candidate of both parties. While…
Opinion: Guest Editorial
Note from the Editor: The articles on this page are opinions submitted by readers of Southern Torch, and therefore do not necessarily represent or express the views of Southern Torch. They…
DeKalb County voters to decide on seats in U.S. House and Senate
By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com Because 2016 is a presidential election year and media coverage of the presidential race is so extensive, the importance of other races on the ballot—county, statewide, even…
Charter schools coming to Alabama
By Joseph M. Morgan joseph@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Charter schools are expected to open in Alabama in 2017. Alabama Public Charter School Commission Chairman Ed Richardson said Tuesday that the fall of 2017…
OPINION: I Respect and Support Coach Neal Thrash
By: Brother John Morgan, Collinsville, Ala. I do not know much about the circumstances involved in the court case between Neal Thrash and the Board of Education and Superintendent Taylor. I…
The Long Term Investment (Opinion by Mary Scott Hunter)
Psalm 127:3 has gone out on every one of my three children's birth announcements. It reads, "Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him." This is always…
Stand Up and Be Counted
The situation with Coach Neal Thrash has gone on long enough. Both the Superintendent and apparently some of the Board members have squirmed, twisted, delayed, dodged and hem hawed to the…