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Sgt. Chad Reports: DUI Hits Utility Pole, Blacks Out Piney
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On Thursday, Sept. 13, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Dade...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 14, 20181 min read
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Dade County Arrest Report Sept 7-13, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff's Office for the week of Sept. 7-13. All arrestees are innocent unless or until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 14, 20182 min read
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Lawrence Kerr
Lawrence (Larry ) Kerr, 77, of Trenton, died at his residence Friday morning, Sept. 14, 2018. He was retired from Combustion Engineering...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 14, 20181 min read
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Romance, Resignation, Budget Figure at City Meeting
What light through yonder window breaks? It's Police Commissioner Sandra Gray o'erperching the walls of City Hall as she announces her...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 13, 20186 min read
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Bryant Man Stabs Three Family Members
At around 3 a.m. this morning, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, deputies of the Jackson County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office responded to a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 13, 20181 min read
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Leon Wilbanks
Leon Wilbanks, 71, of Wildwood, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 13, 20181 min read
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Congratulations to Dade's Teachers of the Year!
L to R: Dr. Jan Harris, superintendent; Patti Johnson, director of academics; Amber Barton, DES Teacher of the Year; Ashlie Smith, DMS...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 13, 20181 min read
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Derrell "Sam" Ellis
Derrell Lee “Sam” Ellis, 76, of Bryant, Ala., died at his home on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, after a battle with cancer. Mr. Ellis was a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 13, 20181 min read
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Dade Commission Hears Plan to Restructure Water Board (Again)
Bull Moose employees Joey Casey (gesturing) and Eddie Pittman thank the Dade County Commission for their help during the company's...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 12, 201810 min read
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Rumley Gives "Great Lake" Update at Commission Meeting
(Photo: The Sells property on Lookout Creek the county has optioned.) At the Dade County Commission's regular September meeting on...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 10, 20185 min read
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Come Get Your Library Card!
The Book Club will meet on Tuesday evening, Sept. 18, to discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. This classic book...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 10, 20181 min read
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Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 10, 20180 min read
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Ronald Tucker
Ronald Wade Tucker, 62, of Trenton, died Friday afternoon, Sept. 7, 2018. He was a self-employed auto mechanic. He was an avid fisherman...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 9, 20181 min read
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Barry Smith
Barry Dwight Smith, 57, of Ringgold, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. He was a member of the Church of God. He was preceded in death by his...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 9, 20181 min read
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Post-Civil War Healing Trend Starts in a Little Town Named Fitzgerald (Battlefield Series: Article I
Twenty years after the end of the Civil War, things were still broken in the newly re-United States. The South was in a terrible...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 9, 20186 min read
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Rickey Higdon
Rickey Irwin Higdon, 64, of Chattanooga, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. He was employed by Roper G.E. and was of the Unitarian faith. He...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 8, 20181 min read
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What Won’t Grow Under that Walnut Tree
Those of you who live with black walnut trees know that the delicious nutmeat is a hard-won prize. You may not realize that the tree...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 8, 20182 min read
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Dade County Arrest Report Aug. 31-Sept. 6
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff's Office for the week of Aug. 31 to Sept. 6. All arrestees are innocent unless or...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 7, 20182 min read
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Harold Reeves
William Harold Reeves, 55, of Chattanooga, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. He was of the Holiness faith. He was preceded in death by his...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 7, 20181 min read
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New Communications Director to "Strengthen Dade's Brand"
Critics of the Dade County government who complain that it communicates poorly with its citizens will (possibly) be pleased, while...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 7, 20182 min read
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