PHOTO: Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt gave an update on the action taken by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in this week's city council meeting. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler…

PHOTO: Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt gave an update on the action taken by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in this week's city council meeting. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler…
PHOTO: The Rainsville Police Department found a loaded Taurus Millennium 9mm handgun, along with marijuana after a traffic stop. (Rainsville Police Department) By Staff Reports RAINSVILLE, Ala. — In a combined…
PHOTO: The Rainsville RiteAid, at the intersection Highways 35 and 75, was burglarized on Monday night. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — On Monday night,…
PHOTO: Our Sports Editor Marla Jones, with Plainview's Coach Dustin Goodwin! (Amy Thrash | Southern Torch) By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The Southern Torch Coach of the Week…
PHOTO: For the third stop of Inside the Huddle, Southern Torch visited the Class 3A Plainview Varsity Bears! (Marla Jones | Southern Torch) Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — For…
By John Dersham, Director, DeKalb County Tourism RAINSVILLE, Ala. — We are very fortunate in DeKalb County and in Rainsville that this year the Extension Service of Alabama selected the Northeast…
PHOTO: The "unauthorized dump" is located next to the the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — (Video of the Workshop…
PHOTO: The Rainsville Freedom Fest will be tomorrow, starting at 1 pm (File Photo) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The annual Rainsville Freedom Fest will be this weekend,…