Area News

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Trenton-Dade Fire Department is conducting complimentary business inspections during the beginning of the year, to ensure the safety of the businesses and their patrons. According to Fire Assistant Chief Ansel Smith, he, Chief Jerry Kyzer, and other firefighters will start going to the businesses in the city, as well…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Alliance for Dade has an early New Year’s goal for 2022 to reach 100 investors, or members. This milestone amount will help the Alliance continue to operate and put on beneficial programs. “Programs include the Lunch and Learn events, job fairs, and the EXPO, too. Also, getting people excited…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Work on the Dade County Historical Courthouse is underway after six years’ worth of preparation including forming a commission, securing funds, and most recently hiring a construction management company. The Historic Preservation Commission was founded in 2015. Donna Street, Rex Blevins, Audrey Clark, Ted Rumley, and Sarah Moore were appointed.…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor At the new McBride’s Bookstore in Trenton, the McBride’s and their family members want customers to know that it’s a family-owned bookstore, and that they want you to feel like family when you walk in the door. Located at the former Books Never-Ending location at 5375 Highway 136, the McBride’s…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Strong storms in the county last week prompted Dade County Director of Emergency Services Alex Case to remind citizens of the ways they can prepare and stay safe in inclement weather. “We had severe storms roll in, especially on the south side of our county. We were under a severe thunderstorm warning, and we had a…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor A new mask mandate, set by the Biden administration, is in place for children at Head Start schools, which would require children ages two and up to wear a mask. Parents and Dade Head Start administration spoke out against the decision. Parent Cathy Pangle Waldon is raising her two-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter,…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Justin Alfrey, 32, of Valley Head, Ala., was shot and killed on the night of Dec. 14, 2018, in Rising Fawn. Three years later, after all charges were dropped for suspect Sam Street due to a lack of evidence, Alfrey’s parents are still looking for answers. “He was a young…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Mindy Haworth, from Flintstone in Walker County, is the new Dade County Public Library Manager. Haworth has worked at the library for a few weeks, and she is enjoying all the people she is meeting, and all the things she is learning about the community. Haworth is the mother of…