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Dade History: A Day to Remember in Dade County, Part I
Over the last years of the 1800s and the early 1900s, a number of public hangings were carried out by law enforcement agencies in Dade...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 22, 20184 min read
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Crandall Clark
Charles Crandall Clark, 54, of Trenton, died Saturday, July 21, 2018. He was employed by Hardin Construction and a member of Pleasant...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 21, 20181 min read
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Bartlett on Gardening: Bountiful Bouquets--The Cutting Garden
The concept of having a cutting garden is rather quaint. In the past, it was a separate area which, like the vegetable garden, was more...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 21, 20182 min read
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Dade County Arrest Report July 13-19, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of July 13-19. All arrestees are innocent unless or until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 20, 20182 min read
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Millage Rate Hearing Day Fraught With Drama; County Boss Resting at Home After Scam Accident
Dade County millage rate hearings tend to be dull affairs. The Planet strives to suck more drama from local democracy than you'd think...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 20, 20185 min read
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Dade County Awards First On-Premises Beer and Wine License to Geneva's Mtn Top Cafe
Beer Board clerk Patty Murphy goes through required documents with board members and the owners of the Mtn Top Cafe. Clockwise around the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 19, 20186 min read
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Dade B of E Won't Raise Taxes; DMS Cross-Country Access Road Cost Rises
The Dade County Board of Education at its regular July meeting on Monday announced its decision not to “accept the growth” in the tax...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 18, 20187 min read
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This Year's Jayhawk Festival Aug. 4
The second annual Jayhawk Music and Arts Festival is from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4, on the idyllic grounds of Pigeon...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 17, 20181 min read
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UFOs Have Landed on the Courthouse Lawn (Unidentified Flashing Objects)
The Planet's standing joke-news-item has always been UFOs LAND ON COURTHOUSE LAWN. As in: I don't care if UFOs land on the courthouse...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 17, 20182 min read
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Rustyn Davenport
Rustyn Warren Davenport, 24, of Bryant, Ala., died Tuesday, July 17, 2018. He loved family, especially his brother and sisters, music,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 17, 20181 min read
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GSP IDs Two Sunday Wreck Fatalities
On Sunday evening at 10:07 p.m., troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 41 LaFayette were dispatched to a one-vehicle collision on...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 16, 20181 min read
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Ralph Mathews
Ralph Garnett Mathews, 88, of the New Salem community, died Monday, July 16, 2018. He was a member of New Salem United Methodist Church....
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 16, 20181 min read
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Two Sunday Night Auto Crash Fatalities on Lookout
Apparently the two fatal auto accidents on Lookout Mountain Sunday night were unrelated. Capt. Mark Perry of the Georgia State Patrol...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 16, 20182 min read
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Sgt. Chad Reports: The Curious Incident of the Dog on the Porch
On July 9, at approximately 6 a.m., Dade County deputies were dispatched to a possible burglary in progress on Saddle Club Road. When the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 16, 20181 min read
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Brittany Morrow Crane
Brittany Morrow Crane, 25, of Chattanooga, died Sunday, July 15, 2018, as a result of an automobile accident. Mrs. Crane worked at...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 15, 20181 min read
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Historically Speaking: Facts You May Not Know or Remember about Dade County
There are some residents who will know every one of the facts included in this article. Doubtless there are many who will find some of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 15, 20186 min read
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Bartlett on Gardening: Kissing Cousins
Tomatoes must be the most popular crop in the country among home gardeners. We grow them in pots and plots. We eat them in salads and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 14, 20182 min read
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Dade County Arrest Report July 6-12, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of July 6-12. All arrestees are innocent unless or until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 13, 20182 min read
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Library News: Check Out Kid Talent On Tryout Videos
We have one more Kids’ Summer Reading program to go! On Thursday, July 19, the library will host a talent show, Libraries Got Talent!...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 13, 20181 min read
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Dade Chamber of Commerce Reamed at City Meeting
At a Trenton City Commission meeting with little else on the agenda, criticism of the Dade Chamber of Commerce took center stage Monday...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 12, 20184 min read
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