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No Rest For The Weary: Randy's Restaurant Back By Popular Demand
The downside of being a local institution is: it's hard to stop. That's a lesson that Randy and Janice Howard keep learning. They have...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 11, 20173 min read
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Edd Newt
TRENTON, Ga.--Edward (Edd) Wilburn Newt, 77, died January 10, 2017. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church where he served as...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 11, 20171 min read
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Trenton City Commission Does Little at January Meeting
The Trenton City Commission's regular monthly meeting on Monday was over in what may be a record--37 minutes. Two of the four city...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 10, 20173 min read
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Nelda Ann Kennedy
Nelda Ann Kennedy, 64, of Trenton, born January 14, 1952, after a four-year battle with breast cancer, took her journey to be with loved...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 9, 20171 min read
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DeKalb Sheriff's Dept. Arrests Two in Church Robbery
Anthony Collins, 37 (left), of Fort Payne, Ala., and James Edward Barron (below), 34, of Grant, Ala., were arrested Jan. 3 in connection...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 9, 20171 min read
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Sin, Holy Fat-Wah and the Dade County Commission For The Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of V
V I E W P O I N T S Today, brothers and sisters, we will talk about sin. Thursday's Dade County Commission meeting left me itching to...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 9, 20174 min read
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Billie Joe Crabtree
BRYANT, Ala.--Billie Joe Crabtree, 73, died Friday, January 6, 2017. He was a lifelong resident of Bryant and worked with Concrete Forms...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 7, 20171 min read
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Bartlett on Gardening: Earth-Kind Roses
In 1990, I hung up my pressure sprayer forever. No longer would I wage a never-ending battle against insects and fungi. Plants in my...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 7, 20172 min read
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Library News: Snap Up Used Books and Movies to Get You Through Winter
We hope everyone saw our Book Club selection list in last week’s paper. It is also posted on the Friends of the Dade County Georgia...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 7, 20171 min read
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County Commission Adopts Hotel Tax, Hears From Public on Booze
Jamey Blevins (foreground), as County Attorney Robin Rogers looks on, tells Dade commissioners their proposed restrictions on liquor by...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 6, 20176 min read
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Vivien Hester
Trenton, Ga.--Vivien Karene Hester, 63, died on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. She was chief of Dade County Mountain Rescue, a volunteer...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 6, 20171 min read
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DeKalb Reports Wednesday Drug, Internet Predator Arrests
DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff Jimmy Harris reported Thursday that traffic stop on Wednesday reaped the following arrests: The DeKalb...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 5, 20172 min read
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Oh no! Trenton Dining Choices Shrink--Again!--as Randy's Announces Closure
It's official: Trenton is losing an important eatery and gathering place as Randy's Restaurant closes its doors after 30 years of serving...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 4, 20172 min read
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Post-Holiday Arrest, Accident and Incident Roundup
The Dade County Sheriff's Department confirmed Wednesday it had as yet made no arrests in a Christmas Eve holdup of the Citgo on Highway...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 4, 20172 min read
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Rescue Squad Captain Dies in Accident
Members of the Dade Cave and Rescue Squad confirmed reports that their longtime captain, Vivien Hester, died this morning from injuries...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 4, 20171 min read
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The Fat-Wah is Raging
January around here is the Holy Month of Robindon, in which your narrator atones for the wretched excesses of the rest of the year....
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 3, 20177 min read
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Wally Wilborn
TRENTON, Ga.--Wallace “ Wally” Edward Wilborn, 61, died Sunday, January 1, 2017. He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Lillie...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 1, 20171 min read
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Dortha Guinn
Trenton, Ga.--Dortha “Nanny” York Guinn, 86, of Chattanooga, died Sunday January 1, 2017. She enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 1, 20171 min read
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