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Andrews starts slow, season ends

Body Murphy – In a game advertised as the “Border Battle,” Murphy High School will take on South Pittsburg (Tenn.) High School at David Gentry Field at Bob Hendrix Stadium at 7 p.m.

Reaching out – ‘I get to love on everybody’

Body Her outer office exposes clutter with stacked boxes of supplies, health and beauty products and non-perishable food goods narrowing the passage to her inner office.
Kandy Barnard/Cherokee Scout The sign at the former McDonald’s on Main Street in Andrews was taken down on April 10 after the fast-food restaurant closed. The place was once so popular drive-through lanes wrapped around the building. McDonald’s remains open in Murphy.

Kandy Barnard/Cherokee Scout The sign at the former McDonald’s on Main Street in Andrews was taken down on April 10 after the fast-food restaurant closed. The place was once so popular drive-through lanes wrapped around the building. McDonald’s remains open in Murphy.

McDonald’s closes restaurant in Andrews

Body Andrews – It is the end of an era.
Penny Ray/pennyray@cherokeescout.com  Ranger volunteer firefighters Jewelia Crowe (left) and Dakota Thrower demonstrate the local department’s ability to sustain flow from a static water point in the Cherokee County Department of Social Services parking lot.

Penny Ray/pennyray@cherokeescout.com Ranger volunteer firefighters Jewelia Crowe (left) and Dakota Thrower demonstrate the local department’s ability to sustain flow from a static water point in the Cherokee County Department of Social Services parking lot.

Fire departments working to lower insurance costs

Body Local fire departments hope to lower homeowners’ insurance premiums.

Entire town police force suspended

Body Andrews – Most Americans do not trust the criminal justice system, according to national surveys that rank confidence in law enforcement officials at a record-low level.