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THE SOUTHERN TORCH / FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019 / VOL. 5, NO. 49 / $1.00
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Council to Extend
Rainsville Sewer
BYRNE STOPS IN DEKALB
PHOTO BY MARLA JONES
By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com
RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The Rainsville City Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on December 2. In the absence of Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt, Mayor Pro Team Ricky Byrum acted as Mayor. The Council voted to extend the sewer line from the pumping station on Hwy 35 to Everett Road and empowered the Mayor to approve bids as long as the amount was under
the State bid law. Rainsville Police Chief Kevin Smith brought before the Council the need for a Stop Stick and Rack It system for the Rainsville Police Department. Stop Stick and Rack It is a nationally known system for tire deflation in high speed pursuits. The Council approved the bid to supply ten police vehicles with the system in the amount of $5,086.60, which includes training and
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Rep. Bradley Byrne, a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020, stopped by the Southern Torch office for an interview with Managing Editor Marla Jones & Marshall Stiefel.
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com RAINSVILLE, Ala. — U.S. Representative and candidate for U.S. Senate Bradley Byrne made a campaign stop this week at the Southern Torch office in Rainsville. In an exclusive interview, Rep. Byrne discussed impeachment, education and the state of the race. As the only candidate in the race who currently holds office in Washington D.C., Byrne stated called the impeachment inquiry "very frustrating." "The House has issued more subpoenas this year, than we've passed bills that have gone into law," stated Byrne. "We are wasting time." Byrne was famously one of the members of the U.S. House stormed Rep. Adam Schiff's (D-CA) closed door hearings on the impeachment of the President. Byrne, a former chancellor of the Alabama
Community College System, also addressed the plans put forward by several 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to eliminate student debt. "I don't think it's too much to ask these students to borrow some money and pay it back during their working career...I was a financial aid recipient, and I paid it back," he stated. On the state of the race now that former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced his own campaign, Byrne said, "I honor Jeff Sessions for his prior service as our U.S. Senator, I don't think he did a good job for us as Attorney General. I think his time is over and we need a new U.S. Senator." In the most recent fundraising quarter, Byrne reported $2.5 million cash on hand with $408,000 raised in the third quarter. Recent polling conducted by Club for Growth had Rep. Byrne tied for third place in the Republican primary at 11 percent. The primary election will be held on Tuesday, March 3.
21 Arrested for Narcotics, Drug House Shut Down
By Southern Torch Staff
DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden: In the last couple of weeks, the DeKalb County Narcotics and Interdiction Team has racked up a total of 21 arrests. Earlier this week, six were arrested at a drug house on County Road 712 in a multi-agency raid. • Johnny Tyler Townson (25 of Fyffe) and Tiffany Gray (19 of Fyffe) were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug
Paraphernalia. • Dehlila Placos McSpadden (45 of Valley Head) and James Guest (38 of Fort Payne) were charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Unlawful Manufacturing of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. • Mallory Orr (33 of Fort Payne), was charged with Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree.
• Sebastian Burt (18 of Fort Payne) was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. • Abby Schrader (57 of Flat Rock) and Steve Holland (64 of Higdon) were both charged with Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
• Samantha Paige Fry (27 of Ider) was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. • Jamie Wayne Porter (48 of Grove Oak) was charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. • Eric Petty (43 of Huntsville) was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance – Methamphetamine, Possession of a Controlled Substance Heroin, Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree, Possession of Drug
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Paraphernalia, and Possession of a Prohibited Beverage. • Saul Gonzalez (51) was charged with Resisting Arrest, Attempting to Elude, and Possession of a Prohibited Beverage. • Shaun Hawes (36 of Flat Rock), Jessie Garner (31 of Ider), Michael Tidwell (39 of Collinsville), Christopher Payne (43), and Christopher Holcomb (46 of Ider) were charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree, and Possession of Drug
Paraphernalia. • Quanda Franks (48 of Fort Payne) was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. • Larissa Kilgro (40 of Albertville) and Jamie Bradfield (37 of Albertville) were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. • Heather Guinn (31 of Ider) was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with
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