Dade County News

Editor's Note: Sheriff candidate Mike Norris did not receive the questions sent out by the Sentinel.

It looked as though voters in two Northwest Georgia counties would continue their 1 percent special purpose local option sales taxes for an additional six years, but by different margins.

Voters in two counties agreed to keep their taxes higher by one percent to fund local projects with the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax The One Percent SPLOST in Dade County barely passed by a 47 vote ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: In the coming weeks before the Primary Election on July 15, the Dade County Sentinel began running a series of question and answer articles with entrants running in contested races in the ...

The Dade County Commission met for their regular monthly July meeting last Thursday, minus one of their members.

Ruth and Don Gross, seated, along with their sons, Gary and Stan, are celebrating their furniture store's 60th anniversary this month.

A Dade County family says the Georgia Environmental Protection Division has crushed their dreams of moving into a new home.

Flo Rida, unsurprisingly a native Floridian, is an MC who toured as a teenager with 2 Live Crew's Fresh Kid Ice and began popping up on high-profile mixtapes by 2006, most notably DJ Khaled's We the Best -- on ...

Steve Faircloth and his son's, Tanner and Trent, stand in front of the house they were building before the Department of Natural Resources stepped in.

This week we focus on the County Commission and School Board races in District 4. We have submitted the same questions to all the candidates, and we will run all of the answers from the candidates who responded ...

The Dade County school system has taken a chance on a new band director. Chris Chance has officially taken the position as Director of Bands and is ready to begin his new duties when he returns from touring ...

Elaina Fagan-Holyfield shows off a pearl necklace at her store in Trenton. Jewelry, Decor and More stocks many gift ideas that you don't have to drive to Chattanooga to find.

Post Commander Beverly Hawkins and Bill Lockhart sort flags for disposal. Hawkins said that the American Legion post already has a number of flags that will be put to rest in early August.

Mendy Bryson stands at Bandit Launch where she found a number of her campaign signs last Saturday that were tossed over the bluff.

Nathan Baker, Tim McDonald and Patrick Cannon get set for the Sheriff's portion of the debate held in the Davis community last Saturday.

County Chairman Ben Brandon Two meetings of the Dade County Commission occurred last Thursday, one to review a beer license for the Breezy Top convenience store, and the other brought forth issues over Home ...

Submitted by Amanda Odom on June 16, 2008 - 5:42pm. What's Right with Our Schools Dade County News A combination of practice and heart teaches these students a different type of lesson.

Rep. Martin Scott State Senator Jeff Mullis , State Representative Martin Scott and field personnel from the offices of United States Senator Johnny Isakson and United States Congressman Nathan Deal will hold ...

Thursday, June 12 2008 @ 11:04 AM GMT+4 As was discussed in this month's meeting of the Dade County Commission, as of July 1 all residential and general contractors in Georgia must be licensed.

Patty Priest Superintendent of the Dade County school system, Patty Priest, calls it a "big hit across the state". She is referring to the low eighth grade math scores and sixth and seventh grade social studies ...