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Georgia State Patrol Accident Updates
With the help of Cpl. Andrew Gideon of the Georgia State Patrol and one of the accident victims, The Dade Planet is today able to provide...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 14, 20182 min read


Dade Board of Ed Learns about Stop the Bleed, Honors Softball Girls
Paramedic Dennis Kelley demonstrates a "Stop the Bleed" kit tourniquet on a volunteer from the Dade County High School girls' softball...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 14, 20184 min read


It Is, Too, My Damn Business
This is not fixin’ to be one of those long, florid editorials I feel called upon to write sometimes, stuffed with Shakespeare quotes,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 14, 20187 min read


Open Letter: Anti-Lookout Logging Activist Responds to Online Critics
Editor's note: Jennifer Blair spoke at the Dade County Commission's Nov. 1 meeting to ask the commissioners' help against the wide-scale...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 13, 20182 min read


Veterans Day Parade: Small and Perfect
(Photos by The Dade Planet and The Planet's stupendous and incomparable Art Department) Friday was cold, Sunday was cloudy and Monday is...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 12, 20182 min read


Superintendent's Message Nov. 12, 2018
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Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 12, 20181 min read


Sgt. Chad Reports on Drug Arrests, Coming Holidays and More
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On Monday, Nov. 5, at approximately 4 p.m., Sheriff Ray...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 12, 20182 min read


Preliminary Reports on Highway 136 East Weekend Accidents
The remains of a tractor-trailer truck that crashed on 136 East Thursday night are removed on Saturday. The GSP reports the driver was...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 11, 20182 min read


A Tough Nut to Crack
When we began planting some shade lovers under the canopy of the grove of trees which dominates our backyard, getting rid of the weeds...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 10, 20182 min read


Fatal Pickup v. Semi Wreck Shuts Down I-24
Photo of crash, with Sgt. Chad Payne attending, courtesy of Patrick Hickey. The North Dade Fire Department responded to the wreck....
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 10, 20181 min read


Dade County Arrest Report Nov. 2-8, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of Nov. 2-8. All arrestees are innocent unless or until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 9, 20182 min read


WWII Veteran Series--Charles Flatt: A Boxful of History
Charlie and Ginnie Flatt have both died since I wrote Charlie's account of his WWII experiences in 2008 or -9. (I got this photo from his...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 9, 20186 min read


That Time Again: Get Our Nifty New Trenton UMC Tree Ornament
The Friends of the Library have a new Dade County Historical Christmas ornament for sale. This one is of Trenton United Methodist Church....
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 8, 20182 min read


World War II Veteran Series--Martin Nethey: A War With Old Man Weather
(Photo: I pinched this shot of Martin and Valeria Nethery's military wedding in Alaska from the Dade County History Book in Progress...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 8, 20185 min read


In Other Business...Dade County Commission Discusses Tire Amnesty, Bridge Replacement
Dade County Executive Chairman Ted Rumley touts NWGRC's services at the Nov. 1 commission meeting. Need help training for a new job?...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 7, 20186 min read


Open Letter to Dade County: Speak Up to Stop Deforestation
Photo: Runoff from the logging operation swamps the big horseshoe switchback on Highway 136 East near Cloudland Canyon State Park. Dear...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 7, 20183 min read


Lookout Neighbors Protest Lookout Logging at County Commission Meeting
Jennifer Blair addresses the Dade County Commission about the logging operation currently denuding Lookout Mountain. Citizens flooded the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 7, 20183 min read


Lowery Easily Takes District 1 Commission Seat
Editor's Note: This article was updated at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, to reflect final numbers from the Dade Board of Elections: Lamar...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 7, 20181 min read


World War II Veteran Series--Henry Rich: Easy On The Starch
This series was originally published in 2008-2009 in The Dade Sentinel. This series has already chronicled the adventures of the USS...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 7, 20185 min read


World War II Veteran Series--Jakie Smith: The Tale of A Sailor and His Ship
This and the other WWII stories that will follow this week were originally printed in 2008 and 2009 in a series I wrote for The Dade...
Robin Ford Wallace
Nov 6, 20185 min read
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