By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com Pictured (L to R): Fort Payne City Councilmembers for the 2020-24 term Johnny Eberhart, John Smith, Lynn Locklear Brewer, Phillip Smith, and Walter Watson, as…

By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com Pictured (L to R): Fort Payne City Councilmembers for the 2020-24 term Johnny Eberhart, John Smith, Lynn Locklear Brewer, Phillip Smith, and Walter Watson, as…
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full Video Below) The Fort Payne City Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, September 15. At the meeting, the…
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Municipal elections are heating up in the City of Fort Payne as election day draws closer. Incumbent City Council President Brian…
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: Members of the Fort Payne City Board of Education accepted two checks for school supplies from the Fort Payne City Council at Tuesday's…
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Celeste Ragan has announced her bid for Fort Payne City Council. Ragan is a 1984 graduate of Fort Payne High School…
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com PHOTO: City Council President Brian Baine accepts an appreciation plaque from Toys for Tots representatives for the Council and Mayor's continued support of the…
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Neal Wooten has announced his bid for a seat on the Fort Payne City Council. Wooten has been the curator…
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Charlene Magbie has announced her candidacy for Fort Payne City Council. "As a proud resident of Fort Payne, and someone with…