Ladies from The Faithful Hearts Women’s Ministry enjoyed food and desserts from several restaurants as part of their annual Christmas luncheon and the first Taste of Murphy. The event was held at Shepherd of the Mountains Church.

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Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Cherokee County resident Katherine Taaffe gives remarks ahead of presenting a petition to Cherokee County commissioners calling for them to protect public lands from private development at Monday night’s board of commissioners meeting.

Cameron Green enjoys beekeeping with her children and has made the activity a family affair. The three just installed a new package of bees after the girls finished their first beekeeping class. From left are Kalette, Cameron and Danika Green.

This is the front page of the Feb. 10, 1966, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 60 years ago this week.

Help needed: A recent house fire that took everything from area residents Michael and Kelli Dockery.

Photos by Michelle Bradbeer/Staff Correspondent Andrews Florist brought colorful flowers to Valley View Care & Rehabilitation Center on Friday after masking up due to COVID and flu outbreak at the facility. Thanks to local residents making generous donations, 12 special tabletop flower arrangements and five vases were delivered to staff and patients Friday. Florist Christy Reeves and assistants Eloise Mason, Bethony Allen and Keyari Allen decorated the cafeteria and recreation room for patients, while the n

Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Then-Cherokee County Sheriff Dustin Smith and District Attorney Ashley Welch confer privately ahead of a press conference on the day Detention Officer Francisco Flattes was killed during an escape attempt. Welch listed that homicide among several other incidents as cause for Smith to resign.