Area News

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Water and Sewer Authority discussed giving water access to residents on Egypt Hollow Road during the Tuesday, July 26 meeting. The majority of Egypt Hollow Road is in Marion County, but the road dead ends in Dade County. Three homes are on the Dade County side of…

Dade First Family Connection is one of the service agencies in Dade County that focuses on children and families. The Trenton Dade Optimist Club proudly invests in the programs and partnerships that the First Family Connection sponsors. One of such programs is the Ferst Readers of Dade County. For a number of years Dolly Parton’s…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Board of Education heard multiple department reports during the meeting on Monday, July 25. Chris Greene, Director of Information Technology and Network Services informed the Board of Education that the access control equipment for the high school entrance has been ordered. “We had to build a new…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Shop: By Stevie and the Moon is now offering Epigenetic Hair Follicle Analysis, which is a new service using Cell-Wellbeing mapping technology. By plucking a few hairs, 90 days of information about your body can be accessed. Normally, the reports cost anywhere from $250 to $450. Stevie and the…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor Logan Gordy has accepted a plea deal for charges from a vehicle accident on Oct. 3, 2019, in which 17-year-old passenger Alexis (Lexi) Moore was killed, and injuries were sustained by both passenger Chloe Aubreanna Baxley, and the driver of the other vehicle, Matisha Barajas. Gordy was charged with homicide…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Dade County Board of Commissioners held the last of three public hearings for the millage rate on Thursday, July 28, and held a special meeting directly after to approve the millage rate. The incorporated millage rate is 10.5535. The unincorporated millage rate in the county is 8.000. “I appreciate…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The Industrial Development Authority met with Spencer Hogg, Project Manager of the Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority, during the IDA meeting on Monday, July 18. It was noted that either Hogg or President and CEO Jeff Mullis would attend each IDA meeting in the future, in an effort to work…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor The City of Trenton Maintenance Facility was robbed sometime overnight between Thursday, July 21 and Friday, July 22. According to Street Department Commissioner Monda Wooten, the suspects stole a F-150 Ford truck, a trailer, side by side utility vehicle, seven weed eaters, a brand-new set of commercial tools that the…

Optimist members Stacey Prater and Buzz Franklin presently serve as board members of the Children’s Advocacy Center. Both have been directly involved with the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit in their professional careers. The Center is a safe, child-friendly facility that assists in centralized activities of all agencies involved in the intervention and prevention of child…

By REBECCA HAZEN News Editor On the first day of school, Friday, Aug. 5, hundreds of students will be transported on school buses to Dade County Schools. According to John Smith, Supervisor of Facilities and Transportation, it is an extensive process to make sure that the school buses are ready, and the job becomes even…