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All should vote on top 2 posts

David Brown
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Body While the president of the United States of America is still considered leader of the free world, and therefore in a position to influence just about everything that crosses his path, there are two
Photos by Stacy Van Buskirk/ svanbuskirk@cherokeescout.com Marlee Postell (left) and her mother, Angie Holland, hold paintings done by three generations of women in their family. The landscape Marlee is holding is her great-grandmother’s Dot Pullium, Angie is holding a portrait by her mother, Diane Mintz, and Angie’s landscape lays in front of them.

Photos by Stacy Van Buskirk/ svanbuskirk@cherokeescout.com Marlee Postell (left) and her mother, Angie Holland, hold paintings done by three generations of women in their family. The landscape Marlee is holding is her great-grandmother’s Dot Pullium, Angie is holding a portrait by her mother, Diane Mintz, and Angie’s landscape lays in front of them.

Art in their blood

Stacy Van Buskirk
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Body When someone says, “It’s in my blood,” they normally mean that something is a part of their essential nature. However for one local family, art really does span generations.
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Flag Day event set

Stacy Van Buskirk
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Body Andrews – The U.S. Marine Corps League, Cherokee Detachment 1011, is hoping everyone will come out to honor and celebrate the U.S.
Authorities say a local man started a series of fires in western Cherokee County following a dispute with a relative.

Authorities say a local man started a series of fires in western Cherokee County following a dispute with a relative.

Police search for serial arsonist

Penny Ray
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Body Wolf Creek – Authorities are searching for a man accused of serial arson. 
Ray Barrios was 29 years old in 1987, when he was traveling on a ship through the Mediterranean while he was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Ray Barrios was 29 years old in 1987, when he was traveling on a ship through the Mediterranean while he was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Story of freedom

Stacy Van Buskirk
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Body Andrews – In 1987, Raymond Barrios was on a six-month deportment to the small port town of Marseille, France, when he was forever touched by the townspeople’s gratitude to the Amer
Justin Fitzgerald/sports@cherokeescout.com Hiwassee Dam’s Kyle Taylor avoids Andrews AJ Weaver’s tag at second base during the Wildcats’ 3-2 win over the Eagles on Friday.

Justin Fitzgerald/sports@cherokeescout.com Hiwassee Dam’s Kyle Taylor avoids Andrews AJ Weaver’s tag at second base during the Wildcats’ 3-2 win over the Eagles on Friday.

Andrews, rainfall take down Eagles

Justin Fitzgerald
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Body Hiwassee Dam – All week, the forecast called for rain Friday afternoon, when Andrews and Hiwassee Dam baseball were supposed to play.