(File Photo) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — With temperatures remaining bitter cold throughout the weekend, warming stations are available in DeKalb County to those without heat. The…
Tag: DeKalb County
Centre native announces run for Senate District 10
PHOTO: Centre native Andrew Jones, a small business owner and farmer, has announced his campaign for District 10 in the Alabama State Senate. The seat is currently occupied by Senator Phil Williams…
Students receive scholarship from Mentone Foundation
PHOTO: MERF 2018 Scholarship winners, Pictured Left to right: August Shanklin, Devin Leps, Brooke Moore, Kara Goss and Josie Crider. (Not pictured are Sarah Blalock and Angela Hadley). (Contributed Photo | MERF) …
Summer McWhorter appointed Assistant District Attorney for DeKalb/Cherokee
PHOTO: Summer McWhorter, DeKalb and Cherokee's newest Assistant District Attorney, with Judge Shaunathan Bell and District Attorney Mike O'Dell. (Contributed Photo) By Staff Reports FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On January 1, 2018,…
District Attorney gives life saving opioid antidote to Sheriff's Offices
PHOTO: Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver and deputies with Naloxone; an antidote to be used if first responders encounter a life-threatening dose of opioids. The DeKalb County Sheriff's will also soon be…
Investigators find marijuana grow during human-trafficking search in Geraldine
PHOTO: When investigators and deputies arrived on County Road 333 in Geraldine to conduct a search related to a human trafficking case, a large marijuana grow was found. Rex Tidmore (right), 59 of…
VIDEO: Animal Control discussed in Fort Payne after tragic dog attack
PHOTO: Rachel Abrams, whose niece was killed by dogs recently on Sand Mountain, addresses the Fort Payne Council meeting regarding the dog attack. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler Pruett,…
DeKalb Co. Sheriff announces four arrests in separate incidents
PHOTO: (Left to right)Timothy Wayne Smith (45 of Fort Payne), Kimberly Dawn Haston (23 of Henagar), Christopher Justin Ray (37 of Ringgold, Ga), and Jessica Constance Gilreath (29 of Crawford, Tn). (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office) By Staff Reports …