Sigma Nu Fraternity is pleased to announce that Stephen Jerod Sharp of Sylvania, Alabama, received Sigma Nu Fraternity’s Alpha Alumni Chapter Affiliate Award for the 2020-2021 academic year. The Fraternity salutes Jerod and the nine other recipients of this distinguished award as exceptional…

Much like festivities in 2020, this year’s Labor Day celebrations have seen plans alter and events canceled.

onths bring many anticipated pastimes and outdoor activities, it's also prime season for unwelcome guests, like adult ticks carrying debilitating illnesses.

A former Sylvania teacher has been booked in the DeKalb County Jail after being indicted on 24 charges of inappropriate behavior with students.

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced that $4.93 million in state funding is being awarded to cities and counties for various road and bridge projects.

Most of us use social media to keep in touch with family and friends, to complain about things or just to share funny memes. However, one local man used his to advertise his bad choices and landed himself in jail.

Fort Payne Superintendent Jim Cunningham offered a deeper look into what school will be like when students return on August 12.

Parole was denied this week for Lester Nick Durham, who was sent to prison for 15 years on in 2018 for a 2011 second-degree kidnapping case in DeKalb County.

Through the main doors of Sylvania High School, down the hallway and to the left is room No. 12– the home economics room. This classroom belongs to Hannah Neel. When Neel’s students enter her room, they enter an environment where they learn valuable life skills needed to thrive in the world …

Collinsville’s third annual Collinsville Mule Day Festival returns this Labor Day.

The town of Sylvania is hosting its third annual Labor Day Festival on Sept. 2 at the Sylvania City Park.

A few years ago, Cory and Kendra Caldwell opened The Willow Tree, a furniture, antique and décor store in their hometown of Henagar.

The DeKalb County Public Library will see another local author stop in to sign and discuss his published work next week.

More than a dozen people have been arrested this week after another saturation by the sheriff’s office.

Two men were arrested for assaulting a Sylvania student Wednesday morning.

A 17-year-old male and Sylvania student was found with a small amount of marijuana in the classroom on Monday.

A 17-year-old missing female from Sylvania was located by DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office investigators on Tuesday.

Junior B. Reese, a resident of the Blake community and Korean War veteran, says members of his family have served in the United States military since World War I.

High School band directors of Geraldine and Sylvania took their band members on a trip to provide them with valuable memories.

The 2018 statewide “Don’t Drop It On Alabama” Spring Cleanup is April 21-28.

The 10th annual Race to Embrace was held at the Fort Payne High School football stadium on Friday.

Local law enforcement officers responded to a call from Sylvania High School about a suspicious person walking the hallways of the school Tuesday night.

Sylvania native Audrey Avirett’s business “Aud Makeup Artistry” has been nominated for the 2018 ROC Award for Makeup Artist of the Year in Rochester, New York.

One graduating senior from each of the 10 high schools in DeKalb County will be honored Feb. 20 during a reception to be held in Fort Payne.

Longtime Valley Head resident Raymond E. Ringer was just 19 years old when he was drafted into the Army to serve in World War II. He said he was shipped overseas in the Pacific Theatre on Jan. 3 1943. It was just two years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Sylvania and Geraldine High School band members will grace our nation’s capitol with patriotic tunes next year when the two bands travel to Washington, D.C. for a joint performance Oct. 6.

Deputies have recovered two vehicles that were reported stolen over the past three weeks.