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Candidates for Rainsville Council Place 2 trade jabs
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Last Monday night, candidates for Rainsville City Council Place 2, D.L. Stiefel and former-councilman Bejan Taheri traded jabs at the WVSM Radio…
This year's Distinguished Young Women of DeKalb finalists
This year's Distinguished Young Women of DeKalb finalists By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The DeKalb County chapter of Distinguished Young Women has announced it’s finalists for the…

Rainsville City Council candidate D.L. Stiefel hosts meet and greet
Rainsville City Council candidate D.L. Stiefel hosts meet and greet By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — On Thursday night, candidate for Rainsville City Council Place 2 D.L. Stiefel,…
Freeman declared Place 4 winner, infrastructure repairs approved in Rainsville
Freeman declared Place 4 winner, infrastructure repairs approved in Rainsville By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The Rainsville City Council convened for its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday…

Rainsville breaks ground on Veterans Memorial
By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — On Thursday, August 4, the City of Rainsville and organizers broke ground on the Rainsville Veteran’s Memorial. The memorial will be in…
Sen. Phil Williams responds to attacks from political blog
By Joseph M. Morgan joseph@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Alabama Sen. Phil Williams released a scathing statement this week to an article written by political blogger Bill Britt that recently appeared in the…