Area News

EMA Director Alex Case reported during the Dec. 3 County Commission meeting that CHI Memorial and the county are finalizing a four-year, $400,000 contract that will make CHI Dade’s new ambulance service. Case said that he and county attorney Robin Rogers have their third contract revision for CHI for review. Dade, Walker County and CHI…

The Dade County Health Department announced that free drive-up COVID-19 testing is still available in Dade by appointment for symptomatic people after testing was temporarily suspended in Dade. According to a press release from Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, those who set up an appointment can drive up to 71 Case Ave.,…

Georgia’s State Superintendent Richard Woods stopped by Dade Elementary and Davis Elementary on Nov. 16 to deliver miniature booklets containing the U.S. Constitution to the fourth graders.   Dade County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jan Irons Harris said that Woods is “strategically” traveling to elementary schools across the state to deliver the Constitution to students.…

The Dade County Board of Education announced that Dade County High School finally received on Nov. 16 the $132,000 3-D carbon fiber printer it needs to manufacture helicopter parts in its partnership with the U.S. Military.   The BOE has been working to provide DCHS with the printer since mid-June. Director of Career and Technology…

On Nov. 17 at approximately 2:44 p.m., Detective Sergeant Chad Payne of the Dade County Sheriff’s Office  and his K9 partner Daisy responded to a traffic stop to assist the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office.   Upon arrival at Sulphur Springs, just inside of the Alabama-Georgia line, Daisy was sent to the vehicle to sniff for…

The Dade County Board of Education named Dade County Schools Director of Capital Projects, Safety and SIS Josh Ingle as Interim Superintendent of Schools at the end of the Nov. 17 monthly BOE meeting.   Ingle will officially take over the role on Jan. 1, 2021, the day after current Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jan…

During the Nov. 9 Trenton Commission meeting, the commission discussed the possibility of reopening the civic center despite the steady stream of COVID-19 cases in Dade County.   Streets Commissioner Monda Wooten and Parks and Recreation Commissioner Terry Powell were the first to express interest in re-opening the civic center. Mayor Alex Case said that…

The state of Georgia’s School Superintendent Richard Woods announced in a Nov. 10 press release that the state has reached its highest graduation rate ever.   Georgia rose from 82% in 2019 to 83.8% in 2020, a 14.1% increase since the 2012 rate of 69.7%. Woods said that part of this increase came from 89…

Chattooga county-based radio station WZQZ reported on Nov. 11 that another wave of COVID-19 scams is making its way through Northwest Georgia.   The scam encourages citizens to participate in a COVID-19 clinical study, which promises to pay those who participate up to $1,200 in cash. The scam reaches people in the form of an…

Trenton Police Commissioner Kirk Forshee confirmed that Police Chief Christy Smith is resigning from her duties at the end of November to take a position as an Investigator for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit.   Forshee said that an interim Chief has not been announced yet. Trenton Commissioners will be deciding on how to move…