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Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 31, 20170 min read
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The Fat-Wah Is Raging: (5) The Potato Dialogues
One day during the Christmas holidays I was going through a bag of potatoes, selecting the ones I would cook, when it struck me how many...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 31, 20175 min read
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DeKalb Sheriff's Dept. Beefs up "Special Response Team"
DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff Jimmy Harris announces the expansion of his Special Response Team (SRT) with the addition of new members...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 30, 20172 min read
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William Stevens Sr.
BRYANT, Ala.--William Carl Stevens Sr., 84, died January 30, 2017. He was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church and had worked as a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 30, 20171 min read
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Aleene Porter Bearden
TRENTON, Ga.--Bonnie Aleene Porter Bearden, 82, died January 28, 2017. She was a loving mother, granny and sister whose pride and joy...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 30, 20171 min read
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"If It Takes Us Two Days, It Takes Us Two Days": Talk, Not Bloodshed, Ends Piney Standoff
For a while there, it looked as if things could get nasty, but a standoff at Piney Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon between Dade County...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 30, 20173 min read
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Bartlett on Gardening: Ring in the Year of the Rooster!
Today, January 28, is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Though I do not celebrate this holiday, I have been aware of it since...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 28, 20172 min read
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"Vengeance or Money" Arson Motive
Chief Investigator Don Hicks (right) of the Dade County Sheriff's Department isn't releasing a lot of information on the three...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 27, 20171 min read
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Wooten, Austin Detained in Porter Road Bust
Kevin Wooten, 40, and Nathan Austin, 34, the two men arrested Thursday by the Dade County Sheriff's Department at a Porter Road address...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 27, 20172 min read
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Library News: Order "Books Are Fun" Goodies at the Library
Next week’s Ready-to-Read class will be about Dental Health. These classes are for preschool children and take place at 10:30 a.m. on...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 27, 20171 min read
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Possible Chop Shop on Sand Mountain
Bulletin: Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross called an impromptu news conference today atop Sand Mountain to announce that he and his...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 26, 20171 min read
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Thomas Coleman
FLAT ROCK Ala.--Thomas Jordan Dean Coleman died Tuesday, January 24, 2017. He was an eight-grade student at North Sand Mountain School...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 26, 20171 min read
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News Roundup: IDA, BOE, ETC, plus NAKED NO MORE
Though Monday evening saw three simultaneous and suspicious fires on Sand Mountain--see update from the Dade Sheriff's Department posted...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 26, 20175 min read
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Dade Sheriff's Department Reports on Fugitive, Sand Mountain Fires
Jason Durham was arrested by Dade County Sheriff's deputies and Drug Task Force agents on Monday afternoon. Previously, he had been a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 25, 20172 min read
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Betty Cockrell
WILDWOOD, Ga.--Betty Cockrell, 89, died January 19, 2017. She had worked at Nation Hosiery Mill and for 16 years at Bea’s Restaurant. She...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 25, 20171 min read
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Georgia Schools Superintendent Speaks at Dade Chamber Luncheon
Georgia Education Superintendent Richard Woods addresses C of C luncheon. The arts are vital to education, Georgia Superintendent of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 25, 20174 min read
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Simultaneous Sand Mountain Fires Raise Suspicions
Three simultaneous fires on Sand Mountain kept Dade's volunteer fire departments hopping Monday night. No information on causation is...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 24, 20171 min read
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The Fat-Wah Is Raging: (4) Drops In Buckets (With a Fat Pants Revisit At No Additional Charge)
This weekend I had an interesting conversation with a friend who had just lost 14 pounds, so of course I'm going to tell you about it in...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 23, 20177 min read
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Bartlett On Gardening: Old Garden Roses
Smith's Parish, a tea rose We have started this year looking at roses which promise to be as easy to care for as other flowering shrubs....
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 21, 20172 min read
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Need a Lift? Hop In! Dade Transit Is For All Ages
Driver Carrie Jones welcomes riders aboard a Dade Transit van. "She's at Erlanger, she's out front, in her nightgown...and she needs a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 20, 20179 min read
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