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Join the Dade County Commission Thursday at Six for Cocktails -- On the Agenda, Anyway
After months of keeping it under the table, Dade County commissioners have liquor by the drink on the menu for their regular March...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 28, 20172 min read
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Carolyn Whited
Carolyn Grace Whited, 69, of LaFayette, died Monday, February 27, 2017. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 27, 20171 min read
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Diane Whitley
Diane Whitley, 59, of Red Bank, Tenn., died February 27, 2017. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She was of the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 27, 20171 min read
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Dade Chamber of Commerce Announces Awards Nominees
The Dade County Chamber of Commerce invites the community to its annual awards banquet on Saturday, March 18, from 6-9 p.m. at the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 27, 20171 min read
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Dade History: End of Watch
A few months ago, I wrote a history article about my great-great Aunt Josephine Hawkins Parrish. She grew up in Dekalb County, Ala., and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 26, 20173 min read
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Melvin Veal
Melvin Ray Veal, 71, of Lookout Mountain, Ga., died Saturday, February 25, 2017. He worked in construction and was a member of M,oore...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 26, 20171 min read
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Bartlett on Gardening: What's New?
Cupcake Cosmos (from the cover of Park Seed catalog) We all have pet peeves. At the top of my list is seeing the same tired annuals...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 25, 20172 min read
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Make GREAT BIG copies at the library with our new GREAT BIG copier
If you have a picture to submit for our “Captured” project, please submit it this week, either electronically or by bringing it by the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 24, 20172 min read
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Carlton Burlton Higdon Sr.
Carlton Burlton Higdon Sr., 79, of Higdon, Ala., died February 23 surrounded by his loving family. He was a member of Higdon Holiness...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 24, 20171 min read
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Beer and Loathing in Dade County, Part I: The Lawsuit
On May 20, 1981, a tiny "filler copy" article on an inside page of The Dade County Sentinel--in those days, a well-written, newsy little...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 24, 20176 min read
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Schools Closed for Rest of Week
Dade Schools Superintendent Dr. Jan Harris announced this afternoon that all county schools will close Thursday and Friday because of the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 22, 20171 min read
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Bd. of Ed. News: Gov.'s Office Honors Dade Elementary With 2016 Gold Award
DES students Ella Hawkins and Paul Phillips step up to greet Pam Williams, the governor's representative, with smiles and faultlessly...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 22, 20171 min read
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Rep.Graves to "Rescue" Residents From Obamacare "Death Spiral": Will Be Here Mar
"Obamacare has failed, and Republicans are on a mission to rescue the families caught up in its death spiral." Thus begins a press...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20172 min read
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Return of The Revenge of The Dear Abby Appeals Board
Editor's Note: The Dear Abby Appeals Board is a loose--one might even say "disjointed"--coalition of failed Planet advice columnists who...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20178 min read
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Richard Simmons
Richard Simmons, 79, of Rising Fawn, died Tuesday, February 21, 2017. He retired from Calumet Steel Company of Chicago Heights, Ill.,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20171 min read
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Awilda Mae Keyt
Awilda Mae Roberts Keyt, 69, of Rainsville, Ala., formerly of Chattanooga, died Tuesday, February 21, 2017. She was of the Baptist faith. ...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20171 min read
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Dade Chamber of Commerce Banquet Special Entree: Roast Boss
The Dade County Chamber of Commerce invites all to its annual spring awards banquet. This year's do begins at 6 p.m. on March 18 at the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20171 min read
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Update: Air Crash Off Creek Road
A Lookout Mountain Flight Park spokesman said Monday that reports of a plane crash off Creek Road Sunday have been greatly exaggerated....
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 21, 20171 min read
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Charles Sterling Jernigan II
Charles Sterling Jernigan II, of Rising Fawn, born to Sterling H. Jernigan, MD, and E. Willetta Jernigan on August 26, 1944, died...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 20, 20171 min read
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An Open Letter from Nathan Wooten and the Dade Chamber of Commerce
The Dade County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its first golf tournament in many years on Saturday, May 20, with a shotgun start at...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 20, 20172 min read
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