Majority Of Dade Voters Cast Ballot For Perdue And Loeffler In Run–Off Elections
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Over half of Dade County’s registered voters turned out to vote in the Georgia Senate runoff election, with the voting period concluding on Election Day, Tuesday, Jan. 5. The majority of voters in Dade County voted for Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ended…
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BETTY CONNER Betty Gene Conner, 88, of Trenton, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Conner; sons, Johnny Buckles, Eddie Buckles and Coy Buckles; sisters, Mataline Cason, Opal Daniels, Carolyn Craig and Faye Page; brothers, Joe Cason and John Cason. Survivors include her daughter, Brenda (Sonny Masters)…
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DOUG ANDERTON Douglas “Doug” Anderton, 71, of Trenton, passed away Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. Doug was a genuine and faithful Christian man who relished the time spent with his church family. He was a committed member of New Home Baptist Church for more than 45 years. He was a devoted husband, loving father, proud grandfather,…
Read MoreCommissioner’s Office Open To Public Again
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Board of Commissioner’s Administration Office was closed to walk-in visitors last week due to a COVID-19 positivity case, but has reopened again. “We have had an exposure in the office, so we are following all protocols. We are social distancing and wearing masks and trying to keep…
Read MoreVaccines Slowly Arriving In NWG
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Georgia’s Northwest Health District is beginning to receive limited quantities of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and giving out vaccinations to people in the first phase group. Logan Boss, Public Information Officer for Georgia Department of Health’s Northwest Health District, noted that all of the states are handling the vaccines differently.…
Read MoreBOE Member Carolyn Bradford Has Served 25 Years
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Carolyn Bradford, Chair of Dade County Board of Education, has reached the milestone of serving on the board for 25 years. Bradford is originally from Oxnard, Calif., and was raised in Charleston, S.C., as a part of a military family. She and her husband, Gregory Bradford, have been married for…
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Serial Killer With Dade Connection Has Died
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Samuel Little, a serial killer who admitted to killing a Chattanooga woman, and disposed of her body in Dade County, died in a Los Angeles, Calif., area hospital Dec. 30 at age 80. Little was convicted in 2014 for the murders of three women in Los Angeles. He was serving…
Read MoreOrange Grove Partners With Trenton UMC
By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Orange Grove Center has found a new home at Trenton United Methodist Church (TUMC). The Orange Grover Center, based in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Georgia, provides community based services such as employment opportunities and day programs for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. The Orange Grove Center had originally partnered…
Read MoreObituaries — Dec. 20 to Dec. 24, 2020
LINDA KAYLOR Linda Gail Swaggerty Kaylor, 77, of Trinity, Ala., passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Born in Chattanooga, Tenn., she was the daughter of Henry Melburn and Evelyn Swaggerty, and the wife of the late Allen Leo Kaylor, Sr. She was a member of New Vision Church, Moulton, Ala. She retired from Winn Dixie…
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