Thank bus drivers this month
School board of education labors on
During the Cherokee County Board of Education meeting last Thursday, Feb. 10, 2010, Dr. Stephen Land recognized Ms. Vivian Johnson, Battle of the Books coordination and Ms. margi Brownback, 5th grade teacher and reading coach and her battle of the Books team representing Ranger School for [...]

The winningest football coach in the state
Gentry’s got the record from Murphy to Maneo
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
He is without a doubt the winningest coach in the history of North Carolina football. A force to be reckoned with on any gridiron in the state that fields a !A or even a 2A football team. Perhaps even [...]

Recently, the local American Legion POst 96 in Murphy inducted a new slate of officers that consists of Post Commander Glendon Gale, Vice Commander Sharon Rhoton and Adjutant Margie King. Each officer has pledged to uphold and serve faithfully, the American Legions four pillars of service which consists of fostering a strong national security, taking [...]

Bo Jangles is a “drop dead” gorgeous young red tick Walker coonhound. He has beautiful red ticking
with a red saddle on white, weighs 50 lbs, and is about a year old. He was found loitering at the Hwy 294
dump in Cherokee Co, NC, and entered LRR on 8/5/10. He has been microchipped, tested negative for
heart [...]

Ann Thompson at the Bascom in Highlands

Local artist, Ann Thompson, a Signature Member of the Georgia Watercolor Society will have her watercolor painting, ” Nature’s Symphony”, including among the ninety artists at THE BASCOM, The Center of the Visual Arts in Highlands, North Carolina. The exhibit, “Selected Works from Regional Artists Associations” , will [...]

Coty and Lindsay (Collins) Jenkins are pleased to announce their marriage which took place the evening of December 18th, 2010 at New Hope Baptist Church in Robbinsville, NC. The reception was held at Robbinsville High School in the Commons Area.  A film crew from the TLC series “Say Yes to The Dress: Atlanta” was in [...]

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office
Booked during 2/6/2011-2/12/2011

2/6/2011

Kymberly Michelle Robinson, age 23 of 150 Prince Rd. Murphy, NC 28906 arrested for 2 counts of  misdemeanor child abuse, driving while impaired.
2/7/2011

Stephen Christopher Ashe, age 21 of 3696 Hedden Rd. Murphy, NC 28906 arrested for probation violation.
Justin Christopher Blackwell, age 24 of 7366 Martins Creek Rd. [...]

Public Meetings
Cherokee County School Board meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at Murphy High School Call 837-2722 for details.

Upcoming

Cherokee County Commissioner’s meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday February 21st un the Cherokee County Courthouse in Murphy. Call 837-5527 for details.

Cherokee Board of Health meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday Feb 22nd at the health [...]

This is another installment in a series of articles commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Cherokee and Clay counties.  It is also in recognition of Black History Month.  Some of the material below is drawn from The Heart of Confederate Appalachia, a classic history of western North Carolina in the Civil War [...]

The Homefront by Leslie Lovin
Family life in the military is marked by the continual ebb and flow of change.  When change brings the next cycle of deployment, life on the homefront brings a whole new set of challenges and responsibilities.  Our family is now approximately two months into Brad’s second deployment, and this is a [...]