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…
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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…
GRAND OPENING OF ART STUDIO
BY MARLA BALLARD REPORTER Bamabell62@gmail.com FORT PAYNE, ALA.-- Darliene Carter has been an artist since the 1980s. Carter has studied under the tutelage of several well-known artists who have been both…
Let Freedom Ring
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com NORTHEAST, Ala.-- It's time to break out the lawn chairs and blankets and celebrate the Fourth of July with spectacular events across Northeast Alabama! Independence Day,…
The City of Fort Payne Presents Independence Day Fireworks!
Today, Thursday, June 30th at 8:30 pm. Located at the Fort Payne Sports Complex. Due to complex upgrades in progress, there will be no events held at the sports complex. People…
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers During the waning days of the campaigns for Governor and U.S. Senator, I received an inordinate amount of correspondence lamenting the outrageous, demagogic, disingenuous, negative ads, especially on…