County Designated As Broadband Ready
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Dade County has been designated as a Broadband Ready Community, one of 26 in the entire state of Georgia. In 2018, the state launched the Georgia Broadband Program, part of the Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act. According to broadband.georgia.gov, “Broadband Ready Communities recognize that high speed internet is critical infrastructure…
Read MoreHonor Guard Serves Fallen Veterans
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor American Legion Post 106’s Honor Guard is dedicated to honoring their fallen comrades, by providing military honors at funerals. Post 106 member Gary Bell started the Honor Guard in 2013, because he saw that there was a need. “I got the idea from my own father-in-law’s gravesite, because there was…
Read MoreSenior Citizens From Woodhaven Doing Well After Transfer To Rossville Facility
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Senior citizens, originally living at Woodhaven Senior Living in Trenton, are adjusting well after being moved to Mary & Martha’s Personal Care in Rossville. Kent Allen Womack, owner of Woodhaven Senior Living, was arrested on June 14 with one charge of cruelty towards the elderly, after it came to light…
Read MoreObituaries — July 3-10, 2021
CLORINE ADKINS Clorine Shavers Adkins, 93, of Trenton, passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2021. Clorine was a charter member of White Oak Baptist Church and retired from the Davis School cafeteria. She is preceded in death by her husband, Claxton Adkins; parents, O.V. and Effie Shavers and 11 siblings. Survivors include her daughter, Debbie…
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Commissioners Amend Events Ordinance
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Commissioners approved an amendment to the Parades and Special Events Ordinance during the Thursday, July 1 meeting, but not before a long discussion about how the amendment could relate to an upcoming music festival. “The existing ordinance dealt exclusively with parades on public roads. This would amend…
Read MoreJosh Ingle Is New School Superintendent
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Board of Education voted to approve the hiring of Josh Ingle as Superintendent of Dade County Schools on Monday, July 5. Josh Ingle has been the Interim Superintendent since the retirement of previous superintendent Dr. Jan Harris, at the end of 2020. The Board of Education received…
Read MorePrincipals Give School Year Summary Addresses
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Dade County School principals presented end of school year summaries during the Board of Education meeting on Monday, June 28. “My true heroes are really the faculty and staff. I have asked them to do the unimaginable. I have asked them to come in early every single day, eat in…
Read MoreTax Assessor Explains Land Value Changes
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Chief Appraiser at the Dade County Tax Assessors Office, Paula Duvall, spoke during the Thursday, July 1 county update about land values, and how the Tax Assessors Office came to the decision to change the value numbers. “These were the largest increases that took place across the county. The last…
Read MoreObituaries — June 26 – July 3, 2021
JAMES “J.W.” BLEVINS James William “J.W.” Blevins, 86, of Bryant, Ala., passed away on July 3, 2021. He was born in Long Island, AL on September 19, 1934 to the late Oscar and Myrtle Blevins. J.W. was a man of few words but his family and friends knew they were well loved. He retired from…
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