02/07/11 Voters in DeKalb County Commission District 1 will head to the polls Tuesday to begin the process of selecting a new county commissioner.
02/04/11 Verizon Wireless installed 6 new cell sites and added network capacity in 193 cities across Alabama in 2010, further bolstering coverage across Alabama's only state-wide 3G network.
01/20/11 Instead of just taking the day off from classes, Bryan College uses Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a service day for volunteering in the local community. The athletic department represents a large number of the students who partake in this volunteer day.
12/30/10 DeKalb towns were ripped by tornadoes, the DeKalb County Commission and sheriff were at odds over a federal inmate contract, a new business came to Fort Payne leading to 200 new jobs and the Times-Journal and Weekly Post merged and Fort Payne got a new police chief.
12/19/10 If Fiesta Maya sounds like a Ruben Ochoa restaurant, give yourself a gold star. Ruben and his wife, Lisa, have left their place in Mentone, Casa Maya, and opened in downtown Redlands on the ground floor of what formerly was the Rainbow Theater.
12/19/10 The picture of Mentone's St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, the picture of the entrance to Collinsville Trade Day, the picture of Cherokee County's Cornwall Furnace all appear to be exquisite photographs but are actually detailed pen-and-ink drawings by a self-taught artist who once spent five years living on a sailboat touring the Caribbean Sea.
12/15/10 One Decatur family uses unexpected time away from school to learn something new-- ice skating.
12/15/10 Crews continue to treat as many roads as possible; worst situation is in DeKalb County Road crews have their work cut out for them into the night hours, especially in northeast Alabama.
12/03/10 On Sunday, the historic Fort Payne Opera House will come alive with its annual Christmas event.
11/10/10 There are a lot of people visiting DeKalb County this fall. Our visitor numbers have been good despite less than great fall color.
10/14/10 Ft. Payne, AL - A DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputy has been arrested and charged with 3rd Degree Assault in connection with an incident that happened more than a year ago.Sheriff Jimmy Harris says deputy
09/29/10 Lookout Mountain residents of Chattooga and Walker Counties are fighting a proposed windmill farm. The proposed windmills would be approximately 300 feet tall with 150-foot blades. This would make the windmills visible from several miles away.
09/28/10 MENTONE, Ala. -- Officials have identified a man killed in a fiery truck accident in Mentone last week as a 72-year-old from Georgia. Mentone Assistant Police Chief Kirby Johnston says the man has been identified as Al Lee Smith of Dalton, Ga. Johnston says Smith suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
09/28/10 MENTONE, Ala. (AP)- Officials have identified a man killed in a fiery truck accident in Mentone last week as a 72-year-old from Georgia. Mentone Assistant Police Chief Kirby Johnston says the ma...
09/28/10 Officials have identified a man killed in a fiery truck accident in Mentone, Ala. last week as a 72-year-old from Dalton, Georgia. Mentone Assistant Police Chief Kirby Johnston says the man has been identified as Al Lee Smith of Dalton. Johnston says Smith suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
08/23/10 More tourists apparently visited DeKalb County this summer than last, according to DeKalb County Tourist Association director John Dersham. He said lodging tax receipts were up 10 percent in DeKalb County from June 2009 through June 2010.
08/05/10 The annual search for bargains and rare items continues this weekend along Lookout Mountain and across DeKalb County.
07/27/10 A giant in the history of DeKalb County athletics has died. Rufus Evans, 80 of Mentone, who was equally as successful in the business world as he was on the playing fields in and around Fort Payne, passed away Sunday.
05/14/10 The Rhododendron Festival in Mentone is always a special event, but this year one might say it has historical significance.
05/09/10 Northeast Alabama Orchid Society meets at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of Anniston Museum of Natural History. | 
