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Mayor spells out homeless concerns at summit
Businesses defend ArtWalk director
Murphy – Supporters are defending the director of the First Friday Murphy ArtWalk following a social media blitz that showed part of an alleged confrontation between her and a disa
Forum features commissioner candidates
Murphy – Candidates for Cherokee County commissioner faced off in a candidate forum on Feb. 8.
Training prepares radio operators for emergencies
Blairsville, Ga. – Ham radio operators were busy reaching out to other operators around the world Jan. 27-28 during the organization’s Winter Field Day event.
Ladies Homestead group largest in U.S.
Murphy – If you have not attended one of these gatherings yet, you really should.
Arrest in fatal crash
Ranger – A Hot House man faces charges in a Nov. 11, 2023, vehicle crash that killed a man from Blue Ridge, Ga.
Neighbors charged in fight over a dog
Andrews – Two local men were arrested and booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon during a fight over a dog.
Churches helped integrate county
In the early 1970s, my father was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church on Regal Street in Murphy, while the Rev. Lewis Grant was pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Texana.