Photo by Cheryl Boydston | Southern Torch Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com FYFFE, Ala.-- The Fyffe Red Devils faced the Southeastern Mustangs in the first round of the Alabama High School…
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Burn Ban to Begin May 1
Submitted Article FORT PAYNE, ALA.-- The Fort Payne Fire Department has released the following regarding the Burn Ban that will go into effect on May 1. The annual burn ban issued…
Dabbs Found Guilty
District Attorney Summer McWhorter Summerford announced today that Matthew Dabbs was found guilty on three separate charges by a DeKalb County jury on April 13, 2023. On August 13, 2020, reports…
DeKalb to Add Storm Shelter
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.--(Full Video on Southern Torch Facebook) The DeKalb County Commission held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 11. The Commission approved the purchase…
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month
Submitted by: Elizabeth Wheatley, Executive Director DeKalb County Children’s Advocacy Center DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.-- Child abuse is not a pleasant thing to think about or discuss. Children suffering physically and emotionally…
Rainsville Purchases Paving Machine
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, ALA.-- (Full video on Southern Torch Facebook) The Rainsville City Council held its regularly scheduled Council Meeting on Monday, April 1. The Rainsville City Council…
Family Fun At Earth Fest
By Marla Ballard Reporter FORT PAYNE - Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The first Earth Day…
Resurfacing of Alabama 40 may begin this week
week HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists that resurfacing of Alabama 40 between from Alabama 35 near Scottsboro to Alabama 71 north of Dutton in Jackson County may…