Students Go Back To School On Friday
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Dade County Schools start the 2022-2023 school year Friday, Aug. 5. Principals Charity Barton, Tracy Blevins, Michelle Beeler, and Brent Cooper gathered together to discuss the upcoming year. All the principals are looking forward to what will hopefully be a normal year with no COVID-19 quarantines. “At the end of…
Read MoreLady Wolverines Hosting LFO In Tomorrow’s Season Opener
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County Lady Wolverine 2022 softball team will open the season tomorrow, Aug. 4th with a home game against the Lady Warriors of Lakeview Ft. Oglethorpe. First pitch is set for 5:30 p.m. Then on Friday afternoon at 5 p.m., they will host the Lady Indians of Murray County…
Read MoreDade Water Discusses Partnership With Marion County, TN
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Water and Sewer Authority discussed giving water access to residents on Egypt Hollow Road during the Tuesday, July 26 meeting. The majority of Egypt Hollow Road is in Marion County, but the road dead ends in Dade County. Three homes are on the Dade County side of…
Read MoreFerst Readers Program Needs Your Donation
Dade First Family Connection is one of the service agencies in Dade County that focuses on children and families. The Trenton Dade Optimist Club proudly invests in the programs and partnerships that the First Family Connection sponsors. One of such programs is the Ferst Readers of Dade County. For a number of years Dolly Parton’s…
Read MoreBOE Hears School Department Reports
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Board of Education heard multiple department reports during the meeting on Monday, July 25. Chris Greene, Director of Information Technology and Network Services informed the Board of Education that the access control equipment for the high school entrance has been ordered. “We had to build a new…
Read MoreObituaries — Aug. 3 issue
STEVEN GASS Steven Dale Gass, age 48, of Higdon, Ala., passed away July 21, 2022. He was devoted to the medical field, working at CHI Memorial in Ft. Oglethorpe as a paramedic. He was the first paramedic in Alabama to score perfectly on his Boards. Steven also enjoyed landscaping and flipping real estate. He was…
Read MoreStevie And The Moon Offering Epigenetic Hair Follicle Analysis
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Shop: By Stevie and the Moon is now offering Epigenetic Hair Follicle Analysis, which is a new service using Cell-Wellbeing mapping technology. By plucking a few hairs, 90 days of information about your body can be accessed. Normally, the reports cost anywhere from $250 to $450. Stevie and the…
Read MoreGordy Accepts Plea Deal, His Mother Speaks Out
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Logan Gordy has accepted a plea deal for charges from a vehicle accident on Oct. 3, 2019, in which 17-year-old passenger Alexis (Lexi) Moore was killed, and injuries were sustained by both passenger Chloe Aubreanna Baxley, and the driver of the other vehicle, Matisha Barajas. Gordy was charged with homicide…
Read MoreFY 2022 Millage Rates Are Approved
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Board of Commissioners held the last of three public hearings for the millage rate on Thursday, July 28, and held a special meeting directly after to approve the millage rate. The incorporated millage rate is 10.5535. The unincorporated millage rate in the county is 8.000. “I appreciate…
Read MoreIDA Invites NWG Joint Development Authority Representatives To Meetings
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Industrial Development Authority met with Spencer Hogg, Project Manager of the Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority, during the IDA meeting on Monday, July 18. It was noted that either Hogg or President and CEO Jeff Mullis would attend each IDA meeting in the future, in an effort to work…
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