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Escaped Convict! Have You Seen This Man?
The DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office is urgently seeking an escaped inmate. At approximately 11:45 a.m. CST today, Christopher...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 15, 20171 min read
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DeKalb Arrests Two Youngsters
On Monday morning, Nov. 13, the DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s school resource officer (SRO) was called to a possible burglary at Fyffe...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 14, 20171 min read
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Millie Blevins
Millie Blevins, 60, of Mentone, Ala., died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, in Mt....
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 14, 20171 min read
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Hunters Experience Equipment Theft
As deer season continues in Georgia, state game wardens are receiving a lot of reports of theft of hunting equipment in Northwest...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 14, 20174 min read
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Library News: Get Out of Library Debt and Feed the Hungry With Food For Fines
The Book Club meets Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. at the library. We will be discussing Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. All are welcome. It's...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 14, 20171 min read
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Dade Honors Vets With Parade: Plus a Special Tribute to Bill Lockhart
(Parade Photos by Alex McAlpin) The Dade Planet culminates its Veterans Day week lineup with this pleasin’ pictorial of Saturday’s...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 13, 20174 min read
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Dade County Arrest Report Nov. 3-9
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of Nov. 3-9, 2017. All arrestees are innocent until proven...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 13, 20172 min read
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Sgt. Chad's Weekly Crime Roundup
This is an arrest reported by Sgt. Chad Payne, information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. Saturday night at approximately...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 13, 20171 min read
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Bartlett on Gardening: Bouquet Garni
It is that time of the year when many of us are thinking about preparing a feast for extended family or worrying over what to bring to a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 11, 20173 min read
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Dade World War II Series: Reuben Downer
Reuben--”R.C.”-- Downer was among my favorites of the WWII vets I interviewed in 2008. He stormed the beaches. He rolled into Germany....
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 10, 20176 min read
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State of The Legion: A Veterans Day Update
Veterans Day is this Saturday, Nov. 11., with Dade County’s annual Veterans Day parade beginning at noon. Turning out to line Main Street...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 10, 20176 min read
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James Sanford
James Darin Sanford, age 46, of Trenton, died on Nov. 9, 2017. He was preceded in death by his parents, William James Sanford and Roberta...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 9, 20171 min read
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Dade Schoolteachers of the Year Named
Amber Kent, Dade's Teacher of the Year. Dade County Superintendent of Schools Jan Harris this week announced the system's 2017-2018...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 9, 20171 min read
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Dade World War II Veteran Series: The Merchant Marine
Editor's Note: Don Wallace's was among the WWII veteran interviews I did in 2008-9 that I remember most vividly. He had joined the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 9, 20178 min read
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Dade Sheriff's Office Says "Goodbye" and "Good Boy" to K-9 Officer Ferro
The Dade County Sheriff's Department announced today that its beloved K9 officer, Ferro, had died unexpectedly. "He was taken to the vet...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 8, 20171 min read
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Dade World War II Veterans: Vernon Cureton
Editor's Note: It was hard to choose profiles for this Veterans Day series, but Vernon Cureton's tale of a small-town boy in a big-ass...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 8, 20176 min read
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Liquor Yes; TSPLOST No; and Incumbents Still In
(Photo: Trenton Police Commissioner Sandra Gray does The Happy Dance to celebrate her reelection.) It's official: Dade is a county that...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 8, 20173 min read
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Mom Asks Commission: Do Something About Playground
Rebekah Stoglin petitions the Dade County Commission for improvements at the county playground. Visible are, from left, Dist. 3 & 4...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 7, 20176 min read
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Millie Taylor
Mildred “Millie” Ann Taylor, 66, died today, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and friend, and a member of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 7, 20171 min read
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Dade World World II Veteran Profiles: Dan Hall
Editor's Note: In 2008 and -09, while working for the print newspaper in town, I wrote a series of stories about Dade's surviving World...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 7, 20178 min read
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