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Tyler Blake Merciers
Tyler Blake Merciers, 19, of Higdon, Ala., died at his residence early Tuesday morning, February 6, 2018. He was a graduate of North...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 6, 20181 min read
Wauhatchie School Needs Help With Eagle's Nest Project
(Photo: "Takeoff" by Jim Pfitzer) Editor’s note: The Wauhatchie School is a nature-based school in nearby Lookout Valley. It is raising...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 6, 20182 min read
Don't Forget: GDOT, Cloudland Canyon Dance...and More!
There's a lot happening around the old hometown this week, so at this point a reminder seemed in order: If you live in South Dade, you...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 6, 20182 min read
The Unholy Tour: Deffenbaugh Promotes Awareness of Child Sex Slavery
V I E W P O I N T S Editor's Note: John Deffenbaugh, Dade County's voice in the Georgia House of Representatives, went on a legislators'...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 6, 20182 min read
Stolen Dade Truck Found in DeKalb; Alabama Children Home Alone While Parents Arrested For Robbery
In the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 3, DeKalb County (Ala.) deputies recovered a 2018 Ford Super Duty pickup truck that had been...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 6, 20182 min read
Commission and Beer Board Bat Golf Club Booze Question Back and Forth
TSPLOST (transportation special purpose local option sales tax) was not the only presumed-dead issue to zombie-walk into the Dade County...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 6, 20184 min read
TSPLOST: The Sequel
(Dade Commissioners (from left) Scottie Pittman, Ted Rumley, Robert Goff and Allan Bradford. Not pictured is Dist. 1's Mitchell Smith.)...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 5, 20183 min read
Pittman Announces Candidacy for District 2 Commission Seat
Scottie Pittman, longtime county commissioner for District 2, or Sand Mountain, is up for reelection this November, and he announced at...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 5, 20182 min read
Sgt. Chad's Weekly Arrest Roundup
Sgt. Chad Payne, information officer for the Dade County Sheriff’s Office, reported as follows on recent arrests: On Jan. 25, at...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 5, 20182 min read
TSPLOST: The Sequel
(Dade Commissioners (from left) Scottie Pittman, Ted Rumley, Robert Goff and Allan Bradford. Not pictured is Dist. 1's Mitchell Smith.)...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 5, 20183 min read
Michael Abney
Michael “Mike” Abney, 67, of Trenton, died early Sunday morning, February 4, 2018. He was a Vietnam veteran of the the U.S. Marine...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 4, 20181 min read
Bartlett on Gardening: Six More Weeks of Winter--Time to Start Seedlings!
Regardless of what a certain rodent saw or didn’t see yesterday, we are six weeks away from the first day of spring. Though Jack Frost...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 3, 20183 min read
Library News: Blind-date a Book and Other Valentine's (and Anti-Valentine's) Fun
During the month of Valentine’s Day, why not come by the library and have a Blind Date with a Book? We tend to read books and authors...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 2, 20182 min read
Progress Report: Historic Dade County Courthouse Renovation
Lights come on as evening, and a dreary winter rain, fall on the historic Dade courthouse on Thursday. Editor's note: Local historian...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 2, 20184 min read
Dade County Arrest Report Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2018
These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff's Department for the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1. All arrestees are innocent until...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 2, 20182 min read
Diane Daniel
Diane Daniel, 65, of Trenton, died at her home Thursday morning, February 1, 2018. She was a graduate of East Ridge High School, class of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 1, 20181 min read
Prospective Fast Foods Doing Drive-Thru But No Orders So Far, IDA Hears
At its January meeting last week, the Dade County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) heard via teleconference from NextSite 360, the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 1, 20184 min read
DeKalb Arrests For Drugs and Kidnap Include Two Dade Residents
On Jan. 22, the DeKalb County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office received a call from a concerned citizen about Skyler Ray Bennett (left), 26, of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 31, 20182 min read
Flu Has Killed 37 in Georgia This Season: Not Too Late To Get A Shot
At a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Rome, Ga., officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health announced that there have...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 31, 20182 min read
Big Bang Painting at Dade County Public Library
(Photo: Painter Per Henrik Bille) Editor's Note: Finn Bille is a poet, storyteller and writer who has performed on several occasions at...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 31, 20183 min read
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