An airman and father lost his life in a deadly hit-and-run in Dade County. Emergency responders arrived at I-24 West near the two-mile marker in Trenton at around 9 p.m. on November 2nd. Demetrius Norwood III was fatally struck by a box truck while he was changing a flat tire, according to officials. The initial …
July has reached it’s midpoint and back-to-school time will soon be here. While most parents know very well the days and dates, sometimes we do need a little reminder…and with that, here’s the school calendars for our area public schools (and others, as provided)… We have also linked to a downloadable PDF — just look …
A Dade County, GA K9 officer named ‘Georgia’ died while she was inside a vehicle on Sunday. Officials with the department say the patrol vehicle’s air conditioning compressor failed, which led to the unfortunate loss of the K9’s life. A post on Facebook says not only that, a heat alarm in the vehicle’s self-contained kennel …
For the 9th year in a row the speed enforcement campaign called ‘Operation Southern Slow Down’ is on, aimed at targeting speeding across the south. Announced today by the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO), the initiative is a multi-state enforcement mobilization cracking down on speeding from July 14–20. During this time, law enforcement agencies will …
A Dade County man has begun serving a prison sentence for child molestation after the victim gave ‘courageous testimony’ to a jury, which convicted him in a trial that prosecutors say revealed ‘a disturbing pattern of predatory conduct.’ According to a release from Lookout Mountain Judicial District Attorney Clayton Fuller, Jesse Miles Seals’ trial took …
The Dade County Sheriff’s Office reported that traffic on I-59 northbound near Trenton, Georgia, was reduced to one lane after an 18-wheeler carrying jalapeños overturned on Sunday afternoon at 4:15. Both lanes of traffic reopened shortly after 11 p.m. Dade County officials did not report serious injuries.
