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Letter to the Editor: Mom of Child with Seizures Challenges Sheriff on Cannabis Oil
Editor's Note: On March 5, the Georgia Legislature passed House Bill 324, which would legalize the cultivation and harvesting of cannabis...
Sheli Gilley
Mar 7, 20194 min read
Jackson County SO Asks Your Help in Find Bycicle-Riding Robber
A man robbed the Woodville (Ala.) Dollar General on Tuesday at gunpoint before making his getaway on a bicycle, says the Jackson County...
Press Release
Mar 7, 20191 min read
Dr. Jan Irons Harris
Mar 7, 20190 min read
Chef Guevara Rides Again!
I'd gotten out of the habit of writing cooking columns when a couple of simultaneous happenings sucked me back in. I'll tell you about...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 5, 20199 min read
The Cost of War at Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga was the largest, bloodiest and most costly war ever fought within the bounds of Georgia—and if you haven’t...
Joy B. Odom
Mar 4, 20195 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports: DCSO Needs Your Help Locating Chop Shop Op Wooten
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On Wednesday, Feb. 27, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Dade...
Sgt. Chad Payne
Mar 4, 20191 min read
March Madness
One of my California cousins follows this column. She told me that she loves a to-do list of garden tasks. I rarely make that the subject...
Ann Barton
Mar 2, 20192 min read
Coke Oven Hike OFF, New Home Cleanup ON for Saturday
Despite the rains of this morning, the weather for Saturday is predicted to be no worse than cloudy, and organizers of the cleanup...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 1, 20191 min read
More New Books at the Dade Library!
More new books! We have several installments of the Mysteries of Silver Peak series, authored by Carole Jefferson and published by...
Linda Wilson
Mar 1, 20192 min read
We've Got More New Books at the Library!
M ore new books! We have several installments of the Mysteries of Silver Peak series, authored by Carole Jefferson and published by...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 1, 20192 min read
Who's to Blame in Accident, Driver, Victim or Traffic Signal?
Last week, The Planet reported that the family of a Wildwood pedestrian killed last year by a Dade County school bus at the main Trenton...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 28, 20194 min read
Need a Job? Uncle Sam Wants You! Recruiter at Library on Thursday
Uncle Sam wants you! No kidding, he really does. Not to go to war this time, just to help him count heads in the mighty census Sam takes...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 27, 20191 min read
The Planet Looks at Tax Services
It's tax time again! For small business owners, that can mean Schedule Cs and SEs, bagfuls of receipts and so many headaches that many...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 27, 201916 min read
B of E Announces Personnel Assignments for New School Year
At Monday afternoon’s February meeting of the Dade County Board of Education, Superintendent Jan Harris and the board members announced a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 26, 20191 min read
The Battle of Chickamauga: Days Two and Three, September 1863
What happened at the Battle of Chickamauga when the fighting became really intense on the second and third days was so critical and so...
Joy B. Odom
Feb 26, 20195 min read
School Board AWOL From Round One in 65/5; White Flag Probable After No-Show at Town Hall Meeting
Rep. Colton Moore hears from a Dade citizen at Sunday's town-hall-style meeting. The Dade County Board of Education wanted to modify the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 25, 20194 min read
Teen Book Club Meets Second Tuesday
Our Book Club met last week and, in spite of the unpleasant weather, we had eleven brave souls come out to discuss Magpie Murders. If you...
Linda Wilson
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Local History Updates: Coke Oven Hike, Chickamauga/Chattanooga Info Sessions
The Dade County Historical Society's long-anticipated coke oven hike planned for February was rescheduled to this Saturday, March 2. But...
Donna M. Street.
Feb 25, 20192 min read
Superintendent's Weekly Message Feb. 25, 2019
Click on the image below to access the Super's interactive message!
Dr. Jan Irons Harris
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Wooten Buys Shaw Building
Nathan Wooten, proprietor of Trenton transportation companies MaDex Associates Inc. and River Run Logistics, announced this morning he...
Press Release
Feb 25, 20192 min read
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