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Ex-DSS supervisor pleads guilty

Penny Ray
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Body A former Cherokee County Department of Social Services supervisor pled guilty Monday to his role in using custody visitation agreements, which allowed minors to be taken from their parents without court involvement.
More than 18 headstones at Harshaw Chapel cemetery have been knocked over by vandals. The historic burial ground is almost 200 years old and the stones within tell about the people who have lived before.

More than 18 headstones at Harshaw Chapel cemetery have been knocked over by vandals. The historic burial ground is almost 200 years old and the stones within tell about the people who have lived before.

Vandals strike Harshaw Cemetery

Stacy Van Buskirk
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Body Several Headstones at Harshaw Cemetery were vandalized last spring at the historic site. Many of the stones in the cemetery are more than 100 years old.
(From left) Andrews Mayor James Reid and Tim Radford, owner of WKRK

(From left) Andrews Mayor James Reid and Tim Radford, owner of WKRK

Municipal elections set for November

Penny Ray
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Body Candidates for municipal elections will have to put in some work over the coming months as each race is being contested by more people than available seats. 
Cherokee County residents come to the Texana Community Center nearly every year to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast.

Cherokee County residents come to the Texana Community Center nearly every year to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast.

67th annual Texana homecoming starts Friday

Stacy Van Buskirk
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Body The 67th annual Texana Community Homecoming is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Texana Community Center and continue through church services Sunday.
The display for Hoke Mashburn's handcrafted guns and bullets is at the Cherokee County Historical Museum in Murphy.

The display for Hoke Mashburn's handcrafted guns and bullets is at the Cherokee County Historical Museum in Murphy.

Family donates handmade firearms

Stacy Van Buskirk
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Body A local family has donated items to the Cherokee County Historical Museum, which has set up the new display at the entrance of the Carnegie Library building downtown.
Stacy Van Buskirk/ svanbuskirk@cherokeescout.com Workers from Hillside Nursery in Andrews were pruning and weeding the beds in downtown Murphy on Friday morning.

Stacy Van Buskirk/ svanbuskirk@cherokeescout.com Workers from Hillside Nursery in Andrews were pruning and weeding the beds in downtown Murphy on Friday morning.

Hillside Nursery keeps things beautiful in towns

Stacy Van Buskirk
Friday, July 9, 2021
Body Hillside Nursery recently installed 54 flower baskets in Andrews and 60 flower baskets in Murphy.