Featured image: Sports Editor, Marla Jones exercising with the players. By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala.—In Dekalb County, we know football fans are anticipating the upcoming football season as much…

Featured image: Sports Editor, Marla Jones exercising with the players. By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala.—In Dekalb County, we know football fans are anticipating the upcoming football season as much…
Featured image: Even after extensive cleaning, the graffiti leaves behind a stain on the rocks By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com SAND ROCK, Ala.— On or shortly before Monday, May 2, someone heavily…
Featured image: The pond in Geraldine’s City Park. By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com Spring is officially upon us, and while many will be flocking to the state parks, our coverage area features some…
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com The Dekalb County Baseball Tournament is something baseball fans look forward to all year long. It's like Christmas in April to many. This year the…
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Sand Rock 3, Geraldine 1 GERALDINE, Ala.—The Sand Rock Wildcats defeated the Geraldine Bulldogs Tuesday in Class 3A, Area 13 play. The loss for Geraldine…
Sylvania 16, Section 1 Pisgah 12, Sylvania 2 Sylvania 6, Skyline 4 North Jackson 4, Sylvania 3 Sylvania 11, NSM 1 Ider 2, Sylvania 0 Plainview 15, NSM 0 Ider 7,…
By Marla Jones, Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com Geraldine 63-Sand Rock 57 SAND ROCK, Ala.— In a close first quarter, Sand Rock led the Bulldogs 10-9. By the time the second quarter was…
By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.— This weekend, the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department found itself dealing with its second homicide in less than a month. Emergency services received a call…