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Feb 11, 20202 min read

Lovebug Festival This Saturday at Cloudland Canyon State Park

Our Lovebug Festival is a celebration of insects and all that they have to offer here at Cloudland Canyon State Park. The event will take...

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DeKalb SO Nabs Rainsville Break-In Suspects in Chase

Press Release

Feb 10, 20202 min read

DeKalb SO Nabs Rainsville Break-In Suspects in Chase

FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Three are in custody after attempting to break into a business in Rainsville, Ala., and attempting to elude DeKalb...

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Census of 1880: Was It Important? How Were the Results Reported?

Donna M. Street.

Feb 10, 20204 min read

Census of 1880: Was It Important? How Were the Results Reported?

Joy Odom did a wonderful and comprehensive job of explaining how Dade County came to be and what the 1850 census could tell us about our...

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Dr. Jan Irons Harris

Feb 10, 20201 min read

Superintendent's Message Feb. 10, 2020

Click on the image below to access the Super's interactive message.

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Why We Struggle with Athletics: An Open Letter to the Dade School Board

Tony Moreland

Feb 9, 20209 min read

Why We Struggle with Athletics: An Open Letter to the Dade School Board

Editor's Note: This is a letter Tony Moreland wrote to the Dade B of E that he is sharing with the local media as a letter to the editor....

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Retro Piece in Honor of Valentine's Day: The Dear Abby Appeals Board!

Robin Ford Wallace

Feb 9, 20207 min read

Retro Piece in Honor of Valentine's Day: The Dear Abby Appeals Board!

Editor's Note: The Dear Abby Appeals Board is a loose--one might even say "disjointed"--coalition of failed Planet advice columnists who...

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Ann Bartlett

Feb 8, 20203 min read

Jurassic World

At the end of the Carboniferous Period, radical changes occurred on the planet. Approximately 335 million years ago, the continents...

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Book Club Will Discuss Everest Adventure

Linda Wilson

Feb 7, 20202 min read

Book Club Will Discuss Everest Adventure

The Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, to discuss Into Thin Air, a nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer. Krakauer was a...

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Whoops! Public Given Wrong Ordinance to Review Before Commission Meeting

Robin Ford Wallace

Feb 6, 20202 min read

Whoops! Public Given Wrong Ordinance to Review Before Commission Meeting

The confusion and distrust already inherent in the passage of Dade's first zoning ordinance were exacerbated Wednesday as the county, in...

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Suspect Chased by DeKalb County Law Enforcement Commits Suicide

Press Release

Feb 6, 20201 min read

Suspect Chased by DeKalb County Law Enforcement Commits Suicide

FORT PAYNE, Ala. — A pursuit that began in Fort Payne Wednesday night ended in a suicide this morning on Bethel Road near Hammondville,...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Feb 5, 20201 min read

Re-re-re-revised Ordinance Available for Review

For those who would like to read the re-re-revised--The Planet can't keep track of which version we're on by now--draft of Dade's...

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Two High-Speed Police Chases of Motorcycles in DeKalb County Tuesday Night

Press Release

Feb 5, 20202 min read

Two High-Speed Police Chases of Motorcycles in DeKalb County Tuesday Night

FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Tuesday night, DeKalb County (Ala.) deputies were involved in two different high-speed pursuits of suspects on...

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Beer Board Agrees People Should Vote on Sunday Alcohol Sales--If Anyone's Listening...

Robin Ford Wallace

Feb 5, 20203 min read

Beer Board Agrees People Should Vote on Sunday Alcohol Sales--If Anyone's Listening...

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board members, from head of table clockwise: Chairman Robert "Smokey" Russell, members John Gothard, Dorayne...

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Places to Go, Things to Do, People to See: The Dade Senior Center

Robin Ford Wallace

Feb 4, 20206 min read

Places to Go, Things to Do, People to See: The Dade Senior Center

From left around the table, Benny Deakins, Keith Good, Betty Nelson and Cym Ross grimly talk impeachment at the Dade Senior Center....

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Don't Miss Teen Internet Safety Program at Library Today

Robin Ford Wallace

Feb 4, 20201 min read

Don't Miss Teen Internet Safety Program at Library Today

Reminder: Dade First/Family Connection's "Parent Café" on teen internet safety is at 5:30 today at the Dade County Public Library.

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This Week: Book Recommendations from Linda

Linda WIlson

Feb 3, 20202 min read

This Week: Book Recommendations from Linda

People have been asking about tax forms. We got our first shipment last Thursday. We now have 1040 federal forms and 1040/1040SR...

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Dr. Jan Irons Harris, Superintendent of Schools

Feb 3, 20201 min read

Superintendent's Message Feb. 3, 2020

Click the image below to access the Super's weekly message!

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Ann Bartlett

Feb 1, 20203 min read

Meet the Fern Family

Vascular plants, those with specialized tissue for the circulation of water and nutrients, evolved more than 400 million years ago. Early...

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Commission Will Pluck Chicken House Rules From Ordinance After Squawks From Public at Hearing

Robin Ford Wallace

Jan 31, 20204 min read

Commission Will Pluck Chicken House Rules From Ordinance After Squawks From Public at Hearing

David Young, a member of the committee that hashed out Dade's landmark land-use ordinance, addresses the county commission on their...

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Press Release

Jan 29, 20201 min read

Rep. Graves Joins Dalton State College/Library of Congress Push to Collect Veterans' Stories

U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) has announced that his office is partnering with Dalton State College and the Library of Congress to host...

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