Area News

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Charles Lutin, a Republican, has announced his intent to run for the 14th Congressional District seat. This is Lutin’s first run for a public office. Lutin currently lives on the east side of Atlanta and is planning to move to the 14th District on Dec. 1. “I have been a…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Water and Sewer Authority and the Dade County Commissioners held a joint public meeting on Monday, Nov. 8 to discuss the future of the Sells Lane property, which was bought with the intention of building a water reservoir. “The reason that we are here, several years ago,…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor City of Trenton Board of Commissioners voted to give all city employees a $1,200 bonus during the commission meeting on Monday, Nov. 8. “When we look back to last year, most of our businesses were shut down. A lot of people went on unemployment. While this all went on, the…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the young woman that was found on Highway 299 on Friday, Nov. 5, has been identified as 23-year-old Leea Abigail Raines, from Ringgold. According to multiple witnesses and surveillance video from local businesses, Jeremiah Douglas, 40, pushed Raines out of a moving…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Chiefs representing different fire departments in the county were at the Dade County Board of Commissioners meeting on Thursday, Nov. 4, to present their needs for new Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses (SCBAs). An SCBA is a respiratory device that contains and delivers breathable, compressed air to the fire fighters working in…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Sheriff’s Office is sponsoring a host of events for the Christmas season, both old and new, so that every family in Dade County can enjoy the holidays this year. The first annual, free Christmas Crossing event, in conjunction with the Hope for the Holidays, in memory of…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Eighth graders at Dade Middle School in the technological systems class are learning every aspect of building an electric car, with the goal of putting those skills to the test in a race this spring, part of Green Power USA Foundation. “Green Power USA is a high-functioning STEM program,” Shenea…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Update — Leea Abigail Raines, 23, has been identified as the victim. Jeremiah Douglas, 40, a registered sex offender in Georgia, has been arrested and charged with felony murder and probation violation, and is being held in the Dade County Jail after the murder of a 23-year-old woman, on Friday…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Special Election and the city of Trenton election were jointly held on Tuesday, Nov. 2. The results are as followed: Incumbent Melissa C. Bradford won 715 votes to challenger Bella Donna’s 324 votes, for the District 4 Commissioner seat. Bradford took over the seat as interim commissioner…