Rainsville News

Veteran newspaper reporter Chasity Brown is leaving The Daily Sentinel. Brown, who spent 11 years as a staff writer, will begin her new duties as Managing Editor of The Weekly Post in Rainsville on Monday.

The annual state sales tax holiday will be here in about a month, and it will give consumers the chance to save money on clothing and back-to-school essentials.

The Boaz all-stars routed Rainsville 14-2 Tuesday night to remain unbeaten in the 11-and-12-year-old O-Zone Dixie Youth Baseball District 8 Tournament.

It's time again to celebrate America's birthday and there are several places in DeKalb County to do so....with a bang.

Published: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 12:50 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 3:52 p.m. A 40-year-old Rainsville man has been arrested after he allegedly sent more than 1,600 text messages to a 15-year-old girl in a 30-day period, DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said.

A man has been arrested in a text messaging case happening in northeast Alabama.

A DeKalb County man accused of sending numerous sexually explicit cell phone text messages to a 15-year-old girl has been released from the County Jail here on a $15,000 bond.

The Crossroads Freedom Festival in Rainsville will be here this weekend. What does that mean for Sand Mountain residents? Fun, food, fireworks and more.

A thin sheet of weathered tin is all that stands at the heads of graves of two DeKalb County veterans with few answers coming as to the whereabouts of tombstones ordered nearly a year ago.

DeKalb County Superintendent Charles Warren estimates it could cost as much as $500,000 to $750,000 to repair buildings at Geraldine School damaged by hailstorms this past Spring.

The town of Sylvania has expanded by 2.5 acres. Mayor Mitch Dendy said the town recently re-acquired full ownership of the former site of a solid waste transfer station.

A backyard building became a bone of contention at Monday night's Rainsville city council meeting, where neighborhood residents voiced their opposition to the builder's plans.

A Rainsville homeowner who says he's trying to help a handicapped renter met oppositions from his neighbors Monday at the Rainsville City Council meeting.

Construction is still one to two years away from starting on a new school in Crossville, according to DeKalb County schools superintendent Charles Warren.

TVA officials and some Rainsville residents have different opinions about the meaning of the phrase 'power to the people.' TVA held an open house at Broadway Baptist Church in Rainsville Thursday afternoon to detail plans for a proposed new substation for Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative and construction of up to three miles of power lines to ...

The DeKalb County and Fort Payne City school systems may soon have a strong partner in the Juvenile Courts system in dealing with troubled students.

DeKalb County District Judge Steve Whitmire said Wednesday he is considering at least three sites for a new alternative school that will house DeKalb County students as more plans emerge on the new program.

Authorities arrested five people in connection with an alleged theft ring in DeKalb, Jackson and Marshall counties.

Spring gardens should be in full swing, but if there are gardens out there that need some tending to, the Fort Payne Garden Club's 'June in Bloom' tour could offer up some ideas to finish up gardens.

The Chavies Bridge may be replaced in the near future if members of the Rainsville City Council are able to find the funding.