Area News

Dade County court proceedings are slowly coming back to a semblance of normalcy under an order issued by Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton.   The order authorizes counties to decide whether to allow grand jury proceedings to resume immediately. However, jury trials are still suspended. All of Georgia’s court proceedings shut down during…

Less than two years on the job, the head of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force has been fired from his position.   The task force board met on Aug. 31 and unanimously voted to remove Commander DeWayne Brown for “administrative reasons.”   “We’re just looking for a change,” Dade County Sheriff Ray…

The Trenton-Dade Optimist Club hosted the 16th annual Respect for Law Ceremony on Sep. 15 at Trenton United Methodist Church.   Optimist member Connie Webb was in charge of pulling the entire event together, which was drastically changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the public were not allowed at the event due to…

Trenton Fire Department’s Fire Chief Jerry Kyzer reported to the city of Trenton’s Board of Commissioners on Sep. 14 that he intends to install a firefighter memorial on the square next to the courthouse.   Kyzer said that two life size statues and bricks with the names of fallen firefighters will be placed on the…

Commissioners for the City of Trenton decided to hold off voting for the addition of a speed bump on Barton Avenue after Mayor Alex Case said the commission should consider when enough is enough.   Case said that a line needs to be drawn as to when to approve the addition of a speed bump…

The Dade County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Alabama men on Sep. 12 with possession and intended distribution of methamphetamine after two bags were found inside the suspects’ vehicle.   According to a Facebook post from the DCSO, a deputy initiated a traffic stop after observing a blue pickup truck traveling on Wells road at a…

Economic Development Manager William Back announced the completion of filming of the “Naked and Afraid” television show in Dade County.   According to the Discovery Channel’s website, the popular reality drama sets a man and a woman – total strangers to one another – in a “dangerous, desolate location, without food or water.” The pair…

The Dade County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Sep. 10 that an alleged Sep. 9 hit and run and sex trafficking attempt around Slygo and Morganville Ridge Road did not occur in Dade County.   According to a Facebook post by the alleged victim, a man in a black Dodge SUV sideswiped her vehicle late in…

Discount Flooring, the Lions Club and the Trenton Street Department collaborated on Sep. 10 to hand out 1,000 boxes of produce to vehicles as they drove past First Street.   KWN News Now’s Evan Stone said during a live stream of the event that the produce was originally intended to be shipped overseas. However, due…

A man was struck and killed while standing in the middle of Interstate 24 west near the split with Interstate 59 on Sep. 7. Sergeant Hailey Smith with the Dade County Sheriff’s Office said that a female driver struck the man at approximately 12:46 a.m. near the Tennessee state line and immediately called 911. Smith…