Local Agencies Observe Child Abuse Awareness Month With Blue Ribbon Glow Run, Displays
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and members of Dade First Family Connection, the Children’s Advocacy Center, other local agencies and community members are bringing awareness with multiple on-going displays and events. The Blue Ribbon Glow Run will be Friday, April 22, at Dade County High School’s football field…
Read MoreLady Wolverine Soccer Team Advances To Sweet 16
By AARON STANTON Lady Wolverine Soccer On Thursday, April 14 the Dade County High School girls’ soccer team made history by winning the program’s first state tournament match on the road. The Lady Wolverines traveled to Callaway High for a first round clash between the number 10 and 11th ranked teams in Georgia’s class AA…
Read MoreCloudland Canyon Gets All–Terrain Wheelchair
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Cloudland Canyon State Park has received an all-terrain wheelchair courtesy of the Amiee Copeland Foundation. The all-terrain wheelchair will provide disabled visitors access to some of the park’s hiking trails. The Amiee Copeland Foundation was started by Amiee Copeland. After a zip-lining accident in 2012, Copeland, was hospitalized and diagnosed…
Read MorePepperell’s Dragons Take Three From Wolverines
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine baseball team traveled to Pepperell on Monday, April 4 for the first game of a three-game series with the Dragons. It turned out to be a disappointing week for the Wolverines. Brodie Swader doubled in the first inning for Dade with one out and…
Read MoreMoore’s Mother Pleads For Leniency For Gordy
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Tiffany Robertson, mother of Alexis ‘Lexi’ Moore, who was killed in a car accident two and a half years ago, wants to see the vehicular homicide charges dropped for Logan Gordy, the driver and Moore’s boyfriend. Gordy was driving Moore, and another passenger, on Oct. 3, 2019. “He was speeding…
Read MoreCitizens Encouraged To Participate In Survey
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Community stakeholders met to discuss the results of the Fostering Positive Growth survey, as part of the five-year update of the Dade County and City of Trenton Joint Comprehensive Plan, on Thursday, April 7. Over 900 people have taken the survey so far, and there is still time to take…
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Obituaries — April 13 issue
GRETCHEN FLYNN Gretchen Lynch Flynn, 57, of Florida, formally of Trenton, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022, from pulmonary fibroris. She was born Dec. 13, 1964 to Nancy and the late Johnny Lynch of Trenton. Her siblings are Jill and Japi. She was a 1983 graduate of Northwest Georgia High School and was a jewelry…
Read MoreBids Received For Phase One Work Of Historical Courthouse
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Jamey Blevins, of Blevins Construction Management, gave an update on the historical courthouse restoration project to the commissioners during the Dade County Board of Commissioners meeting on Thursday, April 7. Blevins noted that the first bid process has been completed. Request for proposals were sent out for mechanical, plumbing, and…
Read MoreHickey’s Son Doing Well After House Fire, Hickey Thanks The Community
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Patrick Hickey’s 16-month-old son, Cooper, and his mother-in-law are doing well after a house fire on Friday, April 1. The home was a total loss, but the family is thankful that everyone is safe, and that their son is recovering. Hickey, his wife, and their eldest daughter were driving on…
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