Area News

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Yellow Dot Program, a free, voluntary program through the Georgia Department of Public Health, is being implemented in Dade County thanks in large part to Deidre Stewart. Stewart works for Dade County Schools as a parent mentor for special programs. Stewart and Susan Reyes (director of special programs) have…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The October 16 meeting of the City of Trenton Board of Commissioners was short and light on business. Mike Norris (police commissioner) read the police report. In September, the Trenton Police Department answered 256 calls for service and completed 1,501 business checks. 111 traffic stops resulted in 111 citations being…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Local firefighters and the Georgia Forestry Commission have been hard at work containing several forest fires in the area. Dry conditions and low relative humidity have created a high risk of fire. A fire on the side of Sand Mountain between Back Valley Road and Highway 301 began on Wednesday,…

Photos courtesy of DCHS. The Georgia Probe College Tour is an annual program of college fairs and high school counselor workshops that provide higher education access for Georgia high school students. Dade County High School was fortunate to once again get to host a fair on October 6th. Students in 10th-12th grade had the opportunity…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service has announced the application deadline for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which may be of interest to Dade County residents who hope to improve a variety of land-related matters. According to Stephen Bontekoe (executive director of Limestone Valley Resource Conservation & Development Council), EQIP…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Dade County Board of Education held a workshop on October 13 to discuss the five-year facilities plan, with no vote or decisions made at this time. The upcoming five-year facilities review by the Georgia Department of Education determines how the school system can earn State Capital Outlay Funds. Superintendent…

Dade County High School will crown the 2023 Homecoming Queen and King this Friday. Homecoming Queen representatives are, from left, Zoe Floyd, Jayle Belue, Falyn Baggett, Anna Ballard, Jasmine O’Neal, Isabella Blake, Lila Evearitt, Madilynn Page, and Kira Strickland, Homecoming King representatives are, from left, Jack Dupree, Elijah Hoofman, Caleb Massey, Paul Allen Phillips, Robert…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The Georgia Department of Education released the 2023 graduation rates on October 10. Sitting at 84.4 percent, the statewide rate is up slightly from last year’s 84.1 percent. The statewide rate has increased 14.7 percent since 2012. This year, 107 school districts had rates at or above 90 percent, and…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Walking into Christina McAnally Gray’s Lookout Mountain garage apartment is like walking into a peaceful beachside cottage. Shelves and tables are covered with seashells, sea glass, and found bits of trash turned into treasure. Art (both Gray’s art and pieces by other artists she admires) decorate her walls. The atmosphere…