This is the front page of the Jan. 1, 1942, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 83 years ago today.
Holiday eating: Volunteers helped make it possible to provide a Christmas meal for more than 300 local residents on Dec. 25.
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Four days after the crash, tire tracks still show where Ronnie Massey’s vehicle drifted off N.C. 141, hit a berm, jumped over Peachtree Creek and hit a tree on the far side of the creek. Massey was found dead at the scene.
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Cherokee County Republican Party Executive Committee Chair Dallas McMillan (center) picks a random question for applicants during a Q&A in Peachtree on Dec. 21.
Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com This storage unit was pushed onto its top during a wind storm in Granny Squirrel in January last year.
Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Jeana Conley (left), coordinator with Cherokee County Toys for Tots, and Murphy Mayor Tim Radford loaded up a vehicle with bags of toys to be taken to the Hurlburt Johnson Friendship House homeless shelter in Murphy.
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Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Santa Claus meets the Grinch: The Grinch was behaving nicely at Walmart in Murphy during Shop With a Cop on the morning of Dec. 14, even appearing to exchange gifts with Santa.