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Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com This house at 75 Gooseberry Road in the Harshaw community of Murphy is where a mother allegedly drowned her 4-year-old twin sons Saturday.

Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com This house at 75 Gooseberry Road in the Harshaw community of Murphy is where a mother allegedly drowned her 4-year-old twin sons Saturday.

Twins’ deaths came amid divorce

Body Court documents show mother had a history of drug abuse as well as mental health issues

18 years for making child porn

Body On April 19, 2022, Seabolt pleaded guilty to using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct.
Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  Nancy Helms of Ogreeta reads the book Beemer’s Adventures by author Jane Hembree of Murphy to a group of third-grade students from Peachtree Elementary School at Murphy City Hall on Thursday.

Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Nancy Helms of Ogreeta reads the book Beemer’s Adventures by author Jane Hembree of Murphy to a group of third-grade students from Peachtree Elementary School at Murphy City Hall on Thursday.

Students learn value of reading

Body Murphy – About 15 third-grade students from Peachtree Elementary School were all smiles Thursday at City Hall to help kickoff the Read Across America program.
This is one of several still images taken from surveillance video from the Feb. 21 break-in at a warehouse off Bell Hill Road in Murphy. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office posted this and other images and asked for the public’s help in identifying suspects.

This is one of several still images taken from surveillance video from the Feb. 21 break-in at a warehouse off Bell Hill Road in Murphy. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office posted this and other images and asked for the public’s help in identifying suspects.

Game over!

Body Ranger – Two local men are suspected in a Feb. 21 break-in at a warehouse used by Bill & Ogres Games.