PHOTO: Rep. Mo Brooks discusses Senate Bill S. 204, the "Right to Try Act" which would give terminally ill patients the right to try experimental treatments and remove the federal bureaucracy.…
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Company to re-open Lee Energy Solutions, bringing 50 new jobs to Crossville!
PHOTO: Mohegan Renewable Energy recently announced the purchase of the Lee Energy Solutions Facility on Highway 68, which they will be reopening to produce wood pellets out of wood waste for…
SNOW DAY: All DeKalb County Schools Closed Tomorrow (Updated with weather info)
By Staff Reports FORT PAYNE, Ala. — According to the DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency, Fort Payne City Schools, DeKalb County Schools, and Cornerstone Christian Academy will be closed tomorrow. The National…
Hairston, Lloyd, and McCurdy submit paperwork to qualify for Circuit Judge Place 2
PHOTO: Three Republican candidates have filed qualifying paperwork to run on the ballot in 2018 for Circuit Judge, Place 2: (Left to Right) Andrew Hairston, Scott Lloyd, and Jeff McCurdy. By Tyler…
Deadline Approaching for FSA Livestock Disaster Assistance Program
PHOTO: The deadline for local livestock producers to apply for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program is quickly approaching. (File Photo) By Staff Reports RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Livestock producers are reminded that the…
#ENDIT: Today is Human Trafficking Awareness day in Alabama
PHOTO: The Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force has declared today (January 11, 2018) "Alabama Human Trafficking Awareness Day" and released facts and "Red Flags" to help law enforcement and the public…
Prosecution of illegal immigrants in North Alabama rises 200 percent under Trump
(File Photo) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — According to numbers just released by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, prosecution of criminal…
Three from Georgia arrested in stolen truck in Centre
PHOTO: Steven A. Freeman (39 of Cedartown), Jennifer L. Mullins (34 of Cedartown), and Lamon R. Jones, (21 of Rome) were arrested on Highway 411 in Centre yesterday in a stolen vehicle,…