PHOTO: (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office) By Staff Reports MONTGOMERY, Ala. — According to the Alabama Attorney General’s Office: Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the conviction of an inmate who was already in…
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DeKalb breaks D.A.R.E. graduation record
PHOTO: The largest D.A.R.E. graduation to date in DeKalb County. (Facebook | Thomas Underwood) By Zach Hester, Reporter RAINSVILLE, Ala. — On May 16th, D.A.R.E. celebrated their largest graduation to date with 700 kids…
Ivey Addresses DeKalb GOP
By Marla Jones, Reporter FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Saturday, May 12, 2018 the DeKalb County Republican Party held its regularly scheduled breakfast at Western Sizzlin in Fort Payne. Alabama's 54th Governor,…
Teen drowns at Little River Canyon
By Marla Jones, Reporter CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ala. — Officials were called to a possible drowning at Martha’s Falls in the Little River Canyon National Preserve. At approximately 1:30pm on Saturday, May…
UPDATE: Fort Payne Soccer falls in State Championship
By Staff Reports UPDATE (May 14, 2018): Fort Payne falls to Homewood in the State Championship Homewood scored two goals in a two-minute stretch late in the second half to seal a…
2018 All-County Baseball Honors
PHOTO: Cade Willingham was named the All-DeKalb County Most Valuable Player (MVP) for 2018. (Marla Jones | Southern Torch) By Marla Jones, Sports Editor DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Twenty-seven local athletes were…
Council votes to tear down Mapco
By Marla Jones, Reporter marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — In a special called meeting on Wednesday, the Fort Payne City Council made a the final decision on what to do…
Walls Is An Overcomer
PHOTO: (Marla Jones | Southern Torch) By Marla Jones, Sports Editor CROSSVILLE, Ala. — William Arthur Ward said, “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” It’s this mentality that encompasses everything…