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Info Tight on Dade Officer-Involved Shooting
Mouths are tightly closed about Thursday's officer-involved shooting in Dade County. Both the Dade Sheriff's Office and the Georgia State...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 7, 20182 min read
Reappearin' Restaurants, Unappearin' Picnic Tables, Disappearin' Public Funds....It'
Yes, Planet readers, it's that time again--time for iotas, scraps, tidbits and whatnots of information, none of it large enough for a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 5, 20189 min read
Dade County Arrest Report Aug. 24-30, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office from Aug. 24 to Aug. 30. All arrestees are innocent unless or until proven...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 4, 20182 min read
Two Rescues at Cloudland Canyon On Saturday
Cloudland Canyon State Park manager Brad Gibson reported that two accidents that required rescue efforts happened at the park over the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 4, 20181 min read
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 4, 20180 min read
Crazy 8's Math Club is Back!
As school is well under way, we are picking back up with some of our regular activities that we aren’t able to do during the summer...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 4, 20181 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports: Labor Day Motorcycle Accident
At approximately 11:30 a.m., Dade County units were dispatched to the area of the 4- mile marker (Rising Fawn vicinity) on Interstate 59...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 3, 20181 min read
A Jewel in Our Midst
One of the strange things about human nature is our tendency to ignore things that are most familiar to us because we see them...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 2, 20186 min read
Time for a Tune-up?
As this holiday weekend closes out the summer, it is a great time to begin planning for next year. Take a critical look around the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 1, 20183 min read
DMS Cross-Country Course and Access Road Officially Open
The Dade Middle School track team comes boiling out of the school Thursday to attend a ribbon cutting for DMS's new cross-country course....
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 31, 20184 min read
I'll Never Grow Up! I'll Never Grow Up! The Yearly Birthday Bob
So. I’m a year older. Again! Don’t wish me happy birthday. It’s been several weeks ago by now—this rag keeps me busy!—and anyway I am...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 31, 20188 min read
155th Anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga
Photo: James Walker painting of the battle (from the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park website.) Fort Oglethorpe,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 30, 20181 min read
Holly Gross Proud Winner of Phone Book Contest
The new phonebooks are here! The new phonebooks are here! That's a line from an old movie, and perhaps some people would consider the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 30, 20181 min read
Welcome Home, Major Tommy!
Was he surprised? Well, not by the time he got to Crabtree and Main. By then, he was in a full-blown motorcade, with police escort,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 29, 20183 min read
Ann Withrow Tatum-Thurman, A Strong Woman of Changing Times
(Editor's Note: This is part 2 of Donna's account of M.A.B. Tatum, who in last week's episode fell to his death from a train.) Ann Tatum...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 29, 20184 min read
DeKalb Busts Six for Drugs, Stolen Items
Six drug suspects were arrested Friday after a joint investigation by several Alabama law enforcement agencies that lasted months....
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 27, 20181 min read
Dade County Arrest Report Aug. 17-23, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of Aug. 17-23. Arrestees are innocent unless or until proven...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 27, 20182 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports Trespasser Arrested for Meth
On Tuesday, Aug. 21, at approximately midnight, Dade County deputies were dispatched to the area of 400 Piney Road in reference to a male...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 27, 20181 min read
Bartlett On Gardening: An Ounce of Prevention
Editor's Note: The Planet is rerunning this inaugural column as an anniversary tribute to its esteemed and honored garden columnist, Ann...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 25, 20182 min read
Dade School Board Hears About Cross-Country Track, Erasable Tables
Architect Ken Cress addresses the B of E about the new cross-country track and access road at Dade Middle School. The road is ready for...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 24, 20186 min read
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