Donna Thornton

The Rainsville City Council authorized Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt to proceed with negotiations that could make Rainsville’s sanitation workers the garbage collectors for some of DeKalb County and some other municipalities.

DeKalb County Economic Development Director Brett Johnson brought the Rainsville City Council a proposal for tax abatemnts to assist Moriroku Technology North American with a $6 million investment in upgrades at the Rainsville plant.

The DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency is working with its partners to prepare for bitterly cold temperatures currently in the forecast for next week.

Let's face it: It's hard for the print edition of a newspaper to give readers the up-to-the minute details of a potential extreme weather situation.

DeKalb County residents woke up to about two inches of snow Friday morning, and by 6 a.m. DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency was putting out the word: All county roads were impassable or quickly getting that way.

The Fort Payne City Council met in executive session at the close of its meeting Tuesday, then returned to regular meeting so that it could approve tax abatements for an

While roads were impassable or hazardous for part of Friday through Sunday, this first winter storm of 2025 seems to have passed without major incidents.

DeKalb County Commission President Ricky Harcrow announced at the close of Tuesday’s commission meeting that he will not run for re-election to the post he’s held for eight consecutive terms.

The great show of support Monday for the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Northeast Alabama Community College’s new Entrepreneurial Center was fitting.

Fort Payne Mayor Brian Baine and former Fort Payne Fire Chief Ron Saferite came out to see the new pumper the city just received. The pumper was ordered more than three years ago, when Saterite was fire chief, and received under the tenure of Chief Stacy Smith. Pictured from left: Anthony White of Williams Fire Apparatus, Fire Marshal Jake Everett, Battalion Chief Josh