Gary Wilson is holding the 35-pound striper he caught 40 years ago with the caption, “This is the one that didn’t get away,” published in the Cherokee Scout.

Kellen West (left) as The Mysterious Man warns Jack played by Jacob Spatola and Jack’s long-suffering cow Milky White played by Samuel Bradley in a scene from the Community Youth Players production of Into The Woods Jr. Performances will run at the Valleytown Cultural Arts Center in Andrews at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

Braden Rumfelt is accompanied by his parents, Chris (left) and Crystal, during his Hawaiian Ohana Round of American Idol. Rumfelt has been a contestant on the 24th season of the talent program. Having made the top 20, he is entering the live voting portion of the season. The show airs at 8 p.m. Mondays on ABC.

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The Unaka Community Development Club and Abernathy’s Trash Service joined forces to combat the illegal dumping in Unaka.

Graham County Public Library assistant Karen Taylor (far right) teaches classes in using herbs for both culinary and medicinal purposes. Her latest class was Saturday at the Andrews Public Library, where she will return April 25.