By Marla Ballard Reporter bamabell62@gmail.com COLLINSVILLE, ALA. --- Brenda Bartley fondly recalls what life was like in DeKalb County back in the 1950s and 60s. She lives in the Shady Grove…
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Rainsville Announces Curfew
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala.-- The City of Rainsville has announced a curfew at the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum. The Rainsville Police Department stated that trash was left in…
Tax-Free Weekend
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, ALA.-- The 17th annual Alabama Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday will begin on Friday, July 15 at 12:01 a.m. and will end on Sunday, July…
DeKalb Receives Road Improvement Funds
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, July 12. In the absence of…
Request Denied for 6th Dollar General
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- On Tuesday, July 12, the Fort Payne Planning Commission held its regular meeting. On the agenda was a request by The Broadway Group…
Marijuana Grow Operation Discovered on County Road 51
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: FORT PAYNE, Ala. — During the last three weeks of June and the first week of July, 16 were arrested on drug-related…
Board Approves Window Replacement Project
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, ALA-- (Video on Southern Torch Facebook) The DeKalb County Board of Education met on Friday, July 1. Kyle King and Todd Smith of Scheider, presented…
Hit-and-Run Hearing Set
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, ALA.-- A preliminary hearing has been set for a Sylvania man charged with manslaughter following a hit-and run accident on April 2. Tyler Blaise…