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Library News: Library branching out to include sewing, baking, scrapbooking
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, we will have a drop-in computer class at the library. Come in any time between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Ursula will...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 11, 20171 min read
DeKalb Sheriff Harris to Step Down
After almost three decades with the DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Jimmy Harris announced today at a specially called...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 10, 20173 min read
Traffic Light Up but not Running; But Listed on GDOT "Coming Attractions" Signs
Did the combined efforts of Dade County, the city of Trenton and the Dade Board of Education get a long-awaited traffic light in front of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 10, 20172 min read
Traffic Stop Reaps meth, cocaine, pills
On Friday, Aug. 4, around noon, Dade County Deputy Summer Raley conducted a traffic stop of a motor vehicle on Court Street. As a result...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 10, 20171 min read
Dade Sheriff's Dept. Gets Opioid OD Kit
From left, Dade Sheriff Ray Cross, Sgt. Chad Payne, Lt. Nathan Baker and Deputy Misty Coburn show off the new opioid overdose kit the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 10, 20171 min read
Courthouse Renovation Bids Discussed at Aug. County Commission Meeting
The historic Dade County courthouse more than a year ago. The county is awaiting renovation bids so work can get started. Thursday’s...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 8, 20174 min read
DeKalb Arrests Cuzzort for Mini Storage Swag
On Saturday, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office received information about Rondal Dolan Cuzzort Jr., 50, of Henagar, being in possession...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 8, 20171 min read
Arrest Report July 28-Aug. 3, 2017
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff's Department for the week of July 28-Aug. 3, 2017. All arrestees are innocent until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 7, 20172 min read
Dade Deputies Arrest New Home Screamer
On Friday, Dade County deputies were dispatched to a disturbance involving a male with an outstanding warrant against him on New Home...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 7, 20171 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: When the Green Leaves of Summer Begin to Pale
The yellowing of normally green leaves is called chlorosis. It results from a shortage of chlorophyll, which is essential to the plant’s...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 5, 20172 min read
Now! For Our Next Act, We Will Screw In a Lightbulb... (Tale of a Traffic Light)
The traffic light in front of DCHS hangs dark and inert on Thursday. School resumes next week. People who live in big cities miss out on...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 4, 20173 min read
No Public at Public Hearings on BOE Tax Increase
Nobody showed up Thursday for the Dade BOE's hearings on the millage rate except the BOE and its financial advisor, Doug Eza. Dade County...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 4, 20173 min read
Marijuana Bust on Sand Mountain, Rising Fawn
On Tuesday, the Dade County Sheriff's Office, along with the Lookout Mountain Drug Task Force and Governor Nathan Deal's Drug Task Force...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 3, 20171 min read
Kicking Off the Dade Academic Year With Kicky Shoes: Will Institute 2017 Fashion Become a Fad?
The Dade County Board of Education packed Trenton First Baptist to the wings Wednesday morning with its “Institute 2017” school year...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 3, 20173 min read
House Fire Claims Life of Rising Fawn Mother of Two
Brandy Hester, 26, died early Thursday morning in a fire that burned he Rising Fawn home to the ground. Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 3, 20172 min read
Library News: School Year Begins Again And So does Ready-to-Read
The Book Club will meet at the library on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. The book to be discussed at this meeting is But What If We’re...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 2, 20172 min read
School Year Kicks Off Wednesday with "Institute 2017"
School starts next week for Dade County students--teachers are already at it-- and this Wednesday, Aug. 2, the Dade Board of Education...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 1, 20171 min read
City Government Seeks Advice
Ask Rosie Advice by Roosevelt Ford Wallace Dear Rosie: We are a small city government at the center of the universe. Recently we’ve been...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 1, 20173 min read
Man Shot in Kilpatrick
DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff Jimmy Harris reports that a man was shot during an altercation in the Kilpatrick community on Sunday. The...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 1, 20171 min read
Library News: Hats Off To Volunteers!
People today are always saying, “I wish I had more time.” Work, school, family, church and chores have us always searching for more free...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 31, 20172 min read
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