A routine N.C. Probation & Parole home visit earlier this month ultimately yielded 348 grams of methamphetamine that led to two arrests, including an Andrews woman.

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Some Boys Scouts of America memorabilia. The canteen came from Darnell’s Apparel For Men & Boys, the official Murphy Boy Scout dealer when the author was 10 years old. He carried this canteen on the camping trips mentioned in the column.

This is the front page of the April 11, 1974, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which former and current staff members still talk about.

Anngee Quinones-Belian/ Staff Correspondent Smoke could be seen coming from the roof of a single-story home in Ranger on June 25. The fire was believed to have started in the kitchen. No injuries were reported.