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Bartlett on Gardening: What Color Are Susan’s Eyes?
Rudbeckia is a family of flowers native to the eastern United States. Some of the cousins have been domesticated for use in the garden....
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 11, 20182 min read


Dade Figures Out Innovative Ways to Show Love for Maj. Bradford, Family and Brother Officers
Jenna Keel, an employee of JB's Variety Store, shows off the blue-and-black ribbons and banners the store designed to show support for...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 10, 20182 min read


DeKalb Arrests Mateo for Child's Murder
On Wednesday, Aug. 8, investigators from the DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office traveled to Cobb County, Georgia, after receiving a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 9, 20181 min read


Great Lake Update Doesn't Happen at County Commission Update
Vice Chairman Robert Goff, presiding at the Aug. 2 county commission meeting in Ted Rumley's absence, waves an "urgent announcement" from...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 9, 20187 min read


Dade Sheriff's Office Lists Charges Against Tuesday's Police Chase Perp
For now, says Sgt. Chad Payne of the Dade County Sheriff's Office, Lora Wooten, the accused driver in Tuesday's two-state police chase...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 9, 20181 min read


Seeking Actors: Dade's Own Camp Musical Producer Auditions for Mermaid Spoof
It is an interesting feature of life here in the Dade/Rising Fawn Metro Area that, small as we are, remote as we are, we have at least...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 8, 20182 min read


Sheriff Cross said Alabama Woman "Targeted" Maj. Bradford
His officers assembled behind him, Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross held a press conference at noon today about the police chase Tuesday...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 8, 20183 min read


Edgewood Baptist Bible Institute Taking Applications for Fall semester
Edgewood Baptist Church, located at 11041 Highway 11 South in Trenton, is taking applications for the fall semester of its Bible...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 8, 20181 min read


Prayer Vigil in Jenkins Park Tonight
Editor's Note: In the wake of today's tragic events, in which a Dade deputy was mowed down on Highway 11 during a high-speed police chase...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 7, 20181 min read


High-Speed Chase Ends in Crash on Square and Officer Down on Hwy. 11 South
One of the occupants of a pickup truck that roared into a power pole on the Trenton town square is loaded into an ambulance on Tuesday...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 7, 20182 min read


School Board To Get Energy Makeover
Don McPherson (left) and Mike Evatt of ABM, which will perform an energy-loss inspection of Dade's school buildings. The Dade Board of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 7, 20183 min read


Dade County Arrest Report July 27-Aug. 2
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of July 27-Aug. 2. All arrestees are innocent unless or until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 6, 20182 min read


Sgt. Chad Reports on Multiple Drug Arrests
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On August 1, at approximately 12:20 a.m., a traffic stop was...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 6, 20182 min read


Public Health Dept. Says Adults Need Vaccinations, Too
August is National Immunization Awareness Month and serves as a reminder that Northwest Georgians of all ages require timely...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 6, 20183 min read


Library News: Trenton, LaFayette Libraries Now Hiring!
Your library reporter has been out of town this week, so the article will be brief but I did want to get in information on these two job...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 6, 20182 min read


Historically Speaking: Marion Asher Braddock Tatum 1844-1897--Home Town Boy Makes Good, Part 1
You may remember Robert Haley Tatum from the legend of Dade seceding from the Union. He has been touted as the bold man who rose in the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 5, 20183 min read


Bartlett on Gardening: Who Lives in the Cabbage Patch?
The cabbage family has been a dietary staple almost since folks figured out farming. It is likely that arugula was the first family...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 4, 20182 min read


Bethune's Throws in The Trowel
The shelves at Bethune's have begun to clear out behind proprietor Marsha Marshall with her going-out-of-business sale. She expects to...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 3, 20183 min read


It's True: Jefferson's Franchise Comes to Dade
Hammers are being hoisted at the old Randy’s Restaurant building on Highway 136 West Building. Soon, with any luck, beer mugs will be....
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 3, 20183 min read


Dade B of E Kicks Off School Year
School starts back for students in Dade County this Friday, Aug. 3. But teachers and staff are already at it, and they assembled for...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 1, 20183 min read
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