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Photos by Bill Belian/Contributing Photographer The Joe El-Khouri Volunteer of the Year was Barbara Jones.

Photos by Bill Belian/Contributing Photographer The Joe El-Khouri Volunteer of the Year was Barbara Jones.

Andrews chamber honors businesses, volunteers

News Staff
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Body Andrews – A full house was on hand May 31 in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church for the Andrews Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner and awards ceremony.
Photos by Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Legend’s chef Matt Jones pours honey on chicken and waffles at Forks & Corks on Thursday night.

Photos by Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Legend’s chef Matt Jones pours honey on chicken and waffles at Forks & Corks on Thursday night.

Happy folks fill Hackney Warehouse for Forks & Corks

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Body Murphy – It was all fancy attire and alluring food and drink at the The Hackney Warehouse on Thursday night for the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce’s annual Forks & Corks f
Sam Jokich/Staff Correspondent Dan Adams and Penny Johnson with Citizens for a Better America present an award to Cherokee County sheriff-elect Dustin Smith on Thursday during the group’s monthly meeting at Rib Country in Murphy. The group raised $149 to pay for Smith to attend Sheriff Mack’s Constitutional Sheriffs & Peace Officers Association online class training. For details, visit www.cspoa.org. Smith thanked everyone for their support. Johnson said it’s “important for our county to have a constitution

Sam Jokich/Staff Correspondent Dan Adams and Penny Johnson with Citizens for a Better America present an award to Cherokee County sheriff-elect Dustin Smith on Thursday during the group’s monthly meeting at Rib Country in Murphy. The group raised $149 to pay for Smith to attend Sheriff Mack’s Constitutional Sheriffs & Peace Officers Association online class training. For details, visit www.cspoa.org. Smith thanked everyone for their support. Johnson said it’s “important for our county to have a constitution

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News Staff
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Body MURPHY Local legend on TV show
Photos by Jared Putnam/ editor@cherokeescout.com  A large U.S. flag hung from atop a fire truck ladder on Monday in Murphy, as multiple veterans organizations participated in the annual Memorial Day ceremony in the downtown park.

Photos by Jared Putnam/ editor@cherokeescout.com  A large U.S. flag hung from atop a fire truck ladder on Monday in Murphy, as multiple veterans organizations participated in the annual Memorial Day ceremony in the downtown park.

‘Those who gave all’ are remembered

Jared Putnam
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Body “Many people often take the freedoms we enjoy for granted, but let us never forget what it takes each and every day for us to keep those freedoms,” she said.
Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Gwen Hathaway rests on the memorial bench honoring her late husband, Cpl. Roger Hathaway, at the Konehete Park Memorial Day wreath ceremony Monday morning.

Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Gwen Hathaway rests on the memorial bench honoring her late husband, Cpl. Roger Hathaway, at the Konehete Park Memorial Day wreath ceremony Monday morning.

New granite wreath is part of park memorial

Abigail Blythe Batton
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Body Murphy – “All vets who served have survivor’s guilt. I just try to make a little sense of it, if possible, and not forget what they have given.”