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National recording and touring rock ’n’ roll band Drivin N Cryin is playing live Saturday in downtown Murphy.

National recording and touring rock ’n’ roll band Drivin N Cryin is playing live Saturday in downtown Murphy.

Murphy Music & Brews benefits veterans in need

News Staff
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Body Murphy – The first Murphy Music & Brews will be held from 4-10 p.m. Saturday on Tennessee Street downtown, which will be closed for the festival.
Emergency responders keep watch over the smoldering remains of a small airplane that crashed in Cherokee County, North Carolina, on Saturday, April 15.

Emergency responders keep watch over the smoldering remains of a small airplane that crashed in Cherokee County, North Carolina, on Saturday, April 15.

1 killed in airplane crash between Andrews and Marble

Randy Foster
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Body The pilot of a small single-engine airplane was killed when the aircraft crashed off Fairview Road halfway between Andrews and Marble on Saturday (April 15) morning.
Two lawmen, left, take point with more than a dozen officers and K-9 support behind them as they approach a Fort Butler Street residence in Murphy on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

Two lawmen, left, take point with more than a dozen officers and K-9 support behind them as they approach a Fort Butler Street residence in Murphy on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

Standoff ends with one unharmed and in custody

Randy Foster
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Body Murphy – Murphy police and Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies were able to diffuse a tense situation in which a Murphy resident was thought to be armed and holed up alone inside a
Photos by Sam Jokich/Staff Correspondent Hiwassee Dam High School held its 2023 prom April 1 at the historic Hackney Warehouse in downtown Murphy. Awards were given out for: Prom King, Tate Raper; Prom Queen, Kristen Mason; Prom Prince, Colton Miles; and Prom Princess, Gabby Ermoso.

Photos by Sam Jokich/Staff Correspondent Hiwassee Dam High School held its 2023 prom April 1 at the historic Hackney Warehouse in downtown Murphy. Awards were given out for: Prom King, Tate Raper; Prom Queen, Kristen Mason; Prom Prince, Colton Miles; and Prom Princess, Gabby Ermoso.

Eagles take flight at Hiwassee Dam High School prom

News Staff
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’

News Staff
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Body Murphy – The seventh annual book signing with contributing writer for Chicken Soup for the Soul, William Clark, will be at Living Water Books & Gifts, 3090 U.S. 64 W.