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Billy Joe Shrader
Billy Joe Shrader, 74, of Trenton, died today, June 9, 2017. He had worked as a security guard and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 9, 20171 min read
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Circling Around Dade: Sidewalks, Dams, Lakes and Other Kwazy Things
V I E W P O I N T S There’s something about breaking your leg that makes you think deeply about walking. This is not meant to be a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 8, 20178 min read
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Dade's Dr. Harris Pitches for the Home Team
The Dade Planet is not set up to cover sports but is always delighted to cover the far- rangin' exploits of Dade's own Dr. Jan Harris,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 7, 20171 min read
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Edgewood Baptist Shows Off Theology Grads
Pictured above are Pastor Jim Lilley of Edgewood Baptist Church (left front), graduation speaker Dan DeLong (front right), and the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 6, 20171 min read
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DeKalb Sheriff's Dept. Offers Free Training to Local Officers
Area officers gather for a free law enforcement training session at the DeKalb Sheriff's Department (contributed photo). The DeKalb...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 6, 20171 min read
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Dade Commission creates new Economic Development Czar job, starts process for Nov. TSPLOST referendu
In addition to embarking on plans to build a dam and reservoir on Lookout Creek (see previous article), the Dade County Commission at its...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 5, 20174 min read
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DeKalb officers recover stolen vehicle
The DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Department reports that its deputies and local police departments have recovered a stolen vehicle. On...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 5, 20171 min read
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Lookout Mountain Hit-and-Run Injures Two
Nicolas Caldwell Gravitt (left), 21, of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, was arrested last week in a serious hit-and-run incident on Scenic...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 5, 20172 min read
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Luther Joiner
Luther Dunning Joiner, 82, of Trenton, died Sunday, June 4, 2017. Luther retired from Georgia Power in 1989. At the age of 55, he walked...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 4, 20172 min read
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Betty Crisp Boydston
Betty Crisp Boydston, 83, of Trenton, died Sunday June 4, 2017, at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Boydston was a housewife,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 4, 20171 min read
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Mrs. Gertrude Gardner: the Woman Behind the Doctor
After writing two columns about Dr. Joseph Leonard Gardner, I thought I had exhausted that subject. Then an article that offers a new...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 4, 20174 min read
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Bartlett on Gardening: Planning and Planting for Fragrance
In the 1932 garden classic, The Fragrant Path, Louise Beebe Wilder asked, “Why do garden makers of today so seldom deliberately plan for...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 3, 20172 min read
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Library News: Still Time to Sign Kids Up For Summer Reading
The first week of Summer Reading is in the books. It started on Thursday, when we issued library cards, signed kids up for Summer...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 2, 20172 min read
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Dade Commission plans $500,000 land purchase for reservoir, dam project
At its regular June meeting on Thursday night, the Dade County Commission took preliminary steps toward a $500,000 purchase of land along...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 2, 20172 min read
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Arthur Klatt Jr.
Arthur “Art” Charles Klatt Jr., 78, of Trenton, died Friday, June 2, 2017. He was a truck driver for Dr. Pepper of Houston, Texas, and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 2, 20171 min read
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Letter to the Editor: Sheriff's Benefit Nets $10K for Savannah's Canopy
V I E W P O I N T S Dear Editor: I am the CEO and founder, along with my wife Dori, of Savannah's Canopy. We are a ministry to foster and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 1, 20172 min read
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Rev. Billy Rankin
Rev. Billy Hubert Rankin, 68, of Whiteside, Tenn., died Thursday, June 1, 2017. He was retired from U.S. Pipe after 30 years of service,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 1, 20171 min read
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Steve Grizzle
Dennis Steven “Steve” Grizzle, 68, of Livingston, Ala., died Thursday, June 1, 2017, at home with his wife by his side. This was after a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 1, 20171 min read
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Norma Jean Wooten
Norma Jean Wooten, 67, of Flat Rock, Ala., died today, June 1, 2017. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister....
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 1, 20171 min read
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Faith Bible Institute Graduation Sunday
Faith Baptist Bible Institute, a ministry of Edgewood Baptist Church, will hold its graduation exercises at the church Sunday morning,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 1, 20171 min read
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