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4-H News: All About Clover
I Clover's on the moove! When you see the big girl cruisin', you know another 4-H event is in the works. f you have been to any local...
Alison Henderson, 4-H Extension Educator
Apr 12, 20191 min read


Trenton City Commission Raises Inspection Fees
From left, City Clerk Russanna Jenkins, Mayor Alex Case and Commissioners Terry Powell and Kirk Forshee Monday night’s regular April...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 10, 20196 min read


Jackson Bags Bike Bandit
This morning, members of the Jackson County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division and Patrol Division and Athens...
Press Release
Apr 10, 20191 min read


Not Good but a Lot of It: Dade County Commission's April 4 Meeting
Matt Cole asks the Dade County Commission for funds for new bulletproof vests for the sheriff's office. Cole has taken over chief deputy...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 9, 20198 min read


Jackson County SO Issues "Never Mind" in Case of Missing Teen and Baby
The Jackson County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office is happy to report that 17-year-old Shayla Hope Wood and her 9-month-old child, who were...
Press Release
Apr 9, 20191 min read


Remember Dade Festival of Life This Saturday
Cindy (Mrs. Sheriff Ray) Cross spoke before the County Executive Ted Rumley (left) reads the yearly Festival of Life proclamation to...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 8, 20192 min read


Brocks and Morrisons and Mark Twain’s Role Model: Cemetery Walk is May 18
“What have you been doing since you retired?" This question is often posed to my fellow members of the Historical Society and me. Here is...
Donna M. Street
Apr 8, 20193 min read


Superintendent's Message April 8
Click the image below to access the Super's interactive message!
Dr. Jan Irons Harris
Apr 8, 20191 min read


The Primrose Path
Several years ago a nearby discount grocer ran a special on primroses. They were blooming little beauties. Knowing they wouldn’t last...
Ann Bartlett
Apr 6, 20192 min read


Autopsy Shows Nate Johnson Died of Accidental Overdose
The Hamilton County (Tenn.) Medical Examiner's office found that Nate Johnson, the young Dade man found dead in January near the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 5, 20192 min read


Don't Forget Our Health Fair at Festival of Life
We got a new shipment of books. They were put out before I got a list of all of them, but for those of you interested in weight loss or...
Linda Wilson
Apr 5, 20192 min read


Learning Accidentally with 4-H Science!
4-H-ers learn about gardening via the time-honored paper-cup-seedling method. We had a great time on Saturday, March 23, at the Read to...
Alison Henderson,4-H Extension Educator
Apr 5, 20192 min read


Big Meth Bust in Jackson
On Friday March 29, 2019, Jackson County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office deputies and narcotics investigators, along with the Dekalb County Drug...
Press Release
Apr 3, 20192 min read


Water Board Corrects Weird SSA Situation with Retirement Resolution for Anderton
Dade County Water Authority manager Doug Anderton said he'd been told he would know when it was time to retire and that that knowledge...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 3, 20193 min read


Ag Literacy Day
It has been another exciting week in 4-H! Last week was Georgia Agricultural Awareness Week, and we participated in several activities to...
Alison Henderson,4-H Extension Educator
Apr 2, 20192 min read


CHI Mammogram Bus at PHC April 9
CHI Memorial's mobile health coach will provide mammography screenings at Primary Health Care of Dade County on Tuesday, April 9, from 9...
Press Release
Apr 2, 20192 min read


Chickamauga Series: The Ambassador of Chickamauga
Three days after the end of the battle of Chickamauga, a man on a mission arrived on the scene. His name was Mark Thrash and he was a...

Joy Tucker Odom
Apr 2, 20195 min read


Dear Readers: A Note on The Planet's April 1 Edish
Dear Readers: If I have a vice--and I do, I do, I've got like 48--it's a tendency to go for the Cheap Laugh. I love jokes and spoofs and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 2, 20193 min read


Dade Officials Come Together in Peace and Brotherhood
It’s been a dog’s age since I been to one of these here public meetings. Usually I get enough of what Borin Word Follis is apt to call...
Charlene Haney
Apr 2, 20197 min read


Special Call Meeting for Water Board; County and City Regular Meeting Ensue
The governing board of the Dade County Water and Sewer Authority will hold a special called meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, in the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 1, 20191 min read
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