Students who are interested in exploring teaching as a career participated in the Teachers of Tomorrow Reaching to Teach Conference for Middle School Students on the campus of Western Carolina University. The Conference included an opening session that highlighted reasons to become a Western Carolina Teaching Fellow and many breakout sessions. Mrs. Kimbrell, Mr. Swain [...]

Bertha Rogers, 89, of Murphy died Saturday, March 6, 2010 in Murphy Medical Center. She was a native of Berrien County, GA, but had lived most of her life in Cherokee County. She had worked as a housekeeper for the Regal Hotel for many years. Bertha was a member of the Old Fashioned Baptist Church.
She [...]

Willard Monroe Greene, 85, of Marble died Wednesday, March 3, 2010.  He was a native of Cherokee County, where he had lived most of his life. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the United States Army with the 172nd Engineers Company Battalion. He fought in D-Day II and the Battle of the Bulge. [...]

Larry Dale “Bubba” Creasman
Larry Dale “Bubba” Creasman, age 62, of Andrews, NC passed away Monday, March 1, 2010 at his residence.
He was a native of West Palm Beach, Florida and the son of the late Homer Andrew and Linda Dean Seavers Creasman. Bubba was a masonry by trade and was of the Baptist faith. He was a US Army Veteran [...]

Earl Sawyer, age 83, of Marble, NC passed away Friday, March 5, 2010 at the Northeast GA Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.
He was a native of Graham County, NC and the son of the late Albert and Ida Cable Sawyer. Earl was a US Air Force, World War II Veteran. He was retired from Coats America and was [...]

Larry Dale “Bubba” Creasman, age 62, of Andrews, NC passed away Monday, March 1, 2010 at his residence.
He was a native of West Palm Beach, Florida and the son of the late Homer Andrew and Linda Dean Seavers Creasman. Bubba was a masonry by trade and was of the Baptist faith. He was a US Army Veteran who served [...]

IRS Has $47 Million for Carolina Taxpayers Who Have Not Filed a 2006 Federal Tax Return

Unclaimed refunds totaling more than $1.3 billion are awaiting nearly 1.4 million people who did not file a federal income tax return for 2006, the Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday.
To collect the money, a return for 2006 must be filed [...]

Local school bus drivers were recently honored with various celebrations and activities held at several different schools during the month of February. “We think it is important to demonstrate how much we value and appreciate our drivers,” stated Teresa Hayes, Cherokee County Transportation Information Coordinator. This year Cherokee County School students, parents, teachers and administrators [...]

Cherokee County School’s Website Achieves
The North Carolina School Public Relations Association (NCSPRA) has awarded the Cherokee County School website a blue ribbon- the highest honor awarded by the organization. Dustin McClure, CCS Webmaster and Randy Bryant, CCS Network Specialist are the creators of the website. “While many school districts have relied on a [...]

Social Security Column
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By Cindy G. McCubbins
Social Security District Manager in Gainesville GA

You probably don’t need anyone to tell you that times are tough for many people right now.  The past year has seen a recession-driven increase in applications for Social Security retirement and disability benefit applications.  These increases [...]