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Georgia State Patrol Report on Saturday Morning Accident
A teen driver veering precipitously into the left lane caused the two-car collision at Wildwood that shut down the interstate Saturday...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 1, 20191 min read
A Clean, Well-Lighted Joint Meeting
It was 6 p.m. and we were sitting in metal folding chairs in a clean, well-lighted conference room. There was a plate of cookies in the...
Ernie H.
Apr 1, 20194 min read
Dade Governing Bodies Lookin' Good at Historic Joint Meeting
Editor's Note: Borin Word Follis, this newspaper's publisher, editor and chief reporter, has announced her immediate retirement....
Aline Dresswell
Apr 1, 20196 min read
Two-Car Wreck at Wildwood Closes Down I-24
Christine Payne snapped this photo of a two-car collision at the Wildwood exit of I-24 westbound. She reported that both drivers were out...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 30, 20191 min read
March Tidbit
While I love flowers, deadheading is not my favorite summer pastime. In areas viewed by passersby, I try to use self-cleaning or very...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 30, 20191 min read
Help Jackson SO Find Missing Teen Mother and Baby
The Jackson County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office is seeking information as to the whereabouts of Shayla Hope Wood and her 9-month-old male...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 29, 20191 min read
Come Get Your Historic Dade 2019 Calendars: It's About the Pictures!
April is here and for those who still need them, we still have some tax forms available, Federal Form 1040 and the directions, plus...
Linda Wilson
Mar 29, 20192 min read
Covenant Building Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Editor's note: This is a press release from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division. Though the...
Press Release
Mar 29, 20193 min read
County and Probate Judge Stomp Trenton's Toes on IDA Appointment
IDA met Monday with its new member, local newsman Evan Stone (red vest), taking his seat at the table--despite objections from the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 28, 20194 min read
Read To Lead: The Planet Orbits Around The Library in This Pleasin' Pictorial
Eloise Gass of Tree City welcomes all to 2019's edition of the Dade Public Library's Read to Lead. The Dade County Public Library's fifth...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 27, 20193 min read
Hikers Enjoyed Almost Perfect Day in Ruins of Dade’s Lost City
Photo of coke oven interior by Charissa Skillern Scamehorn. Photo below of creek by Laura Cureton Cross. Patience is a virtue. Patience...
Donna M. Street
Mar 27, 20194 min read
CHI Lungmobile In Rising Fawn April 3
CHI Memorial's mobile lung CT coach will be at New Lookout Baptist Church in Rising Fawn on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 2-6 p.m. Lung...
Press Release
Mar 27, 20192 min read
Water Board Hires Pendergrass as New Water Company Head
The governing board of the Dade County Water Authority announced at a special called meeting on Tuesday the name of the Alabama man it...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 27, 20192 min read
Remember to Register for April Glow Run!
Ready, set, glow! The 2019 Blue Ribbon Glow Run to bring awareness of child abuse is April 26 at the Dade County High School track at 8...
Linda Wilson
Mar 26, 20191 min read
Dade County 4-H: Building Bridges. And Eating Them.
We still have spots left for 4-H Cloverleaf Summer Camp! This will be for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders at Rock Eagle the week of...
Alison Henderson, 4-H Extension Educator
Mar 26, 20192 min read
Superintendent's Message March 25
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Dr. Jan Irons Harris
Mar 26, 20191 min read
Do You Remember Anybody Like This? GBI, DCSO Ask For Public's Help with Jane Doe Cold Case
She was young, she may have looked like Little Orphan Annie, she died 30 years ago, and law enforcement wants your help in finding out...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 25, 20192 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports Last Week's Arrests
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On Tuesday, March 19, at approximately 3 p.m., Dade County...
Sgt. Chad Payne
Mar 25, 20191 min read
Sheriff to Hold Press Conference about 1980s Body; City Government to Hear Grievance
Here are a couple of interesting-sounding items that will be happening today, for which The Planet had no previous notice; plus another...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 25, 20192 min read
Say It with Flowers
Around 1850, England abolished its tax on glass. This allowed economical construction of large greenhouses in which the exotic, tender...
Ann Bartlett
Mar 23, 20193 min read
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