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Facebook Inner-Demon Baitin' Shakes Up Dade Primary Campaign Season
April 1, and while skies clear and the sun shines brighter for spring, the local political scene grows murkier by the day as the Dade...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 1, 20186 min read
Historically Speaking: “Red Letter Day” Enhanced by Old Photos and Papers
This picture is from 1938. Notice that people are gathered on the left side of the church instead of the direction of the fellowship...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 31, 20185 min read
The Trenton Runaround, March 29, 2018
Editor's Note: This Trenton Runaround contains an important date change: The Dade Chamber of Commerce luncheon with a speaker on TSPLOST...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 30, 20188 min read
Blowout Caused Yesterday's I-59 Turnover
The Georgia State Patrol, while specifying its report on the incident is not yet complete, released the following details on Tuesday's...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 29, 20182 min read
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 29, 20180 min read
4-H-ers Prep Lasagna Garden as Spring Approaches
As spring tries to come to Dade County, our 4-H’ers are prepping our gardens for a new season. The Community Club was busy this week...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 28, 20181 min read
Driver in Yesterday's Train-Car Crash IDed
The Georgia State Patrol, which investigated Monday's car-vs.-train accident at the Morgan Road railroad-track crossing north of Trenton,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 27, 20181 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports on Mapco Armed Robbery, Needs Any Info on Suspect
Editor's Note: Sgt. Chad Payne, information officer for the Dade County Sheriff's Office, submitted his weekly crime roundup report a day...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 27, 20181 min read
School Board Awards $330,000 Access Road Contract
The Dade County Board of Education met briefly Monday night, after severe weather warnings delayed its scheduled March 19 meeting, to...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 27, 20183 min read
Read to Lead: A Pictorial Tour
Read to Lead, the Dade County Public Library's popular annual event in which local leaders read to children, was this Saturday. Couldn't...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 27, 20182 min read
Jane Dixon Seeks District 1 Commission Seat
The primary role of a Dade County Commissioner is to administer the general operations of the county government. This responsibility...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 27, 20182 min read
Library News: Don't Miss Our Easter Egg Hunt!
This week’s Ready-to-Read class will enjoy an Easter egg hunt for their activity on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. The egg hunt will take place...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 27, 20182 min read
Train v. Car Incident Leaves Driver Remarkably Uninjured
The Morgan Road crossing. Dade County Emergency Services Director Alex Case said a driver whose vehicle was struck today by a southbound...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 26, 20181 min read
Deffenbaugh Reports: Ga. House Acts on School Safety, Vet Support, Broadband
Editor’s Note: This is a report by John Deffenbaugh, Dade County’s voice in the Georgia House of Representatives, on the current...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 26, 20183 min read
Sand Mountain Fire Consumes 42 Acres
This photo from the Trenton Fire Department's Facebook page shows the DNR helicopter that aided the Trenton, Davis and New Home FDs and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 26, 20182 min read
Vintage Bob's Little Acre: Spuds, A Crop for the Lazy
This is a Bob's Little Acre about potatoes that I wrote while, as is manifestly evident, still sore from a visit to England in 2005. It's...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 25, 20185 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: Let’s Color Eggs! Using Vegetables and Spices For Natural Dyes
The custom of decorating eggs in spring is very ancient. Archeologists have found examples in Egypt and Mesopotamia that are 5,000 years...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 24, 20182 min read
Dade County Arrest Report March 16-22, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff's Office for the week of March 16-22. All arrestees are innocent until proven...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 23, 20183 min read
Dr. Harris Announces New School Security Measures
Editor's Note: This is a statement released today by Dr. Jan Harris, Superintendent of Dade's school system. In Dade County Schools,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 21, 20181 min read
Fort Payne Will Allow Sunday Alcohol Sales
Glad tidings for those denizens of Dade wistful for a little weekend whistle-wetting: Nearby Fort Payne, Ala., will begin Sunday liquor...
Robin Ford Wallace
Mar 21, 20182 min read
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