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Voice-Hearing Perp Leads Dade, Walker Cops on Two-County Chase
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On June 12, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Dade County...
Sgt. Chad Payne
Jun 17, 20191 min read
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A Mysterious Death and Burial
In mid-December of 1869, a well-dressed gentleman boarded a train somewhere in Lookout Valley and headed toward Lynchburg, Virginia. He...
Joy Tucker Odom
Jun 17, 20194 min read
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Lego Expo This Thursday at the Library!
Our scheduled Summer Reading performer Marc Griffiths was unable to come last week because of transportation issues. The kids watched a...
Linda Wilson
Jun 17, 20192 min read
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Caution! Warning! Danger! The Devil Lies in the Details (Pest Prevention Series, Part III)
Pesticide labels are federal documents. Every label must contain certain information. Here we will take a look at what is required. It is...
Ann Bartlett
Jun 15, 20193 min read
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Upcoming! Just a Couple of Quick Reminders...
It's Friday! And The Planet is as ready to drop behind the horizon as anybody else. But before The Planet subsides amid a gentle glow of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 14, 20193 min read
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What The FERC? (In Which The Planet Explores Dade's Future in Renewable Energy)
Last week, an article in The Chattanooga Times Free Press started a flurry of excitement in Dade County with the announcement that a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 14, 20195 min read
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Veterans--You Earned Benefits! Bellville Announces Veterans Town Hall in September
Editor's Note: Veterans, take note: In this article, Rising Fawn resident Evan Bellville offers help accessing your rightful benefits and...
Evan Bellville
Jun 14, 20193 min read
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Betty Jean Palmer
Betty Jean Palmer of Rising Fawn died Thursday, June 13, 2019. She was retired from Trenton Spinning Mill and was a member of Avans...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 13, 20191 min read
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Harold Prince
Harold “Papa” Prince, 81, of Trenton, died Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Mr. Prince was a self-employed carpenter and retired after many...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 13, 20191 min read
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Heather Riley Walker
Heather Nicole Riley Walker, 33, of Chattanooga, died Tuesday, June 11, 2019. She was a selfless, loving mother and daughter and a loyal...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 12, 20191 min read
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Peggy Rollins
Peggy Jean Rollins, 65, of Chickamauga, died Wednesday, June 12, 2019. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend....
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 12, 20191 min read
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Free Music and Arts Festival This Saturday in Jenkins Park!
In a town where the complaint is often heard, "There's nothing for young people to do," one young person decided to do something about...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 11, 20191 min read
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Standoff at the CVS: Planet Reader Relates "CVS Rage" Incident
Editor's Note: Reader Jan Smith submitted this account of an incident last week at the Trenton CVS. Did you hear about the standoff at...
Jan Smith
Jun 10, 20192 min read
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Library is for Peace and Quiet -- Except on Thursday Morning!
We had a good crowd last week for our first Summer Reading Program. When this program is going on, we have all hands on deck, staff and...
Linda Wilson
Jun 10, 20192 min read
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Hickey Announces for At-Large School Board Position in 2020
I am excited to announce that I am running for the At Large position on the Dade County Georgia School Board in 2020. I will be running...
Patrick Hickey
Jun 10, 20191 min read
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Becky McKaig Sisk
Becky McKaig Sisk, 51, of Lookout Valley, Tenn., died Saturday, June 8, 2019. Becky was a 1986 graduate of Lookout Valley High School,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 8, 20191 min read
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A Pound of Cure (Pest Control Series, Part 2)
Despite our efforts to prevent pests from getting into the garden, they do fly, crawl, walk and blow into the area. Before trying to...
Ann Bartlett
Jun 8, 20193 min read
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New Salemites Ask Dade County Commission for Help Blocking Dollar General
Canyon Quick Stop owner Pam Holt (speaking) asked the Dade County Commission's help in stopping a Dollar General owner from opening...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 7, 20199 min read
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Wooten, Rumley Prepare to Vie for Top County Seat in 2020
Here we are not even halfway through 2019 and already 2020 is shaping up to be one hell of an election year. (At the center of the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 5, 20195 min read
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No City Meeting For June
The Trenton City Commission has canceled its regular June meeting on June 10. "We do not have enough commissioners that will be available...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 5, 20191 min read
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