Trevis Hicks/Contributing Photographer Murphy Mayor Tim Radford introduced AmeriCorps member and lead for N.C. Fellow Ona Elkins. She organized the event, did research and coordinated with the guests. Elkins partnered with Nancy Helms, Radford and others to make the event possible. 

Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Marcil Hurt, president and longtime volunteer of the Peachtree Community Club, receives recognition from Murphy Mayor Tim Radford on Oct. 20 for her time and dedication to the organization over the past 40 years.

Held indoors in 2023 because of a wildfire, the hallway parade gave every student at Andrews Elementary School the chance to wave their flag in appreciation for the veterans while chanting, “U.S.A.!”

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This is the front page of the Oct. 29, 1964, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 60 years ago this week.

Waterworks: Tanglewood Lake in Murphy is no longer filled with water and, even when full, the lake is very shallow nowadays. That makes the area’s dams listing as “highly hazardous” on the National Inventory of Dams website confusing to some local residents.

Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Before (left): The Akin-Axley-Davidson House as it appeared on Oct. 21, two days before demolition began.