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The McCombs Plantation house circa 1850, which was remodeled in 1922.

The McCombs Plantation house circa 1850, which was remodeled in 1922.

Consolidated high school site has long history

Stacy Van Buskirk
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Body Peachtree The proposed consolidated Cherokee County High School site has a long history dating back through the centuries as the courthouse for the Cherokee Nation, a large pl
Five new homes are being built in the Mountain Creek Village subdivision just outside Andrews.

Five new homes are being built in the Mountain Creek Village subdivision just outside Andrews.

Area real estate market going up

Penny Ray
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Body Cherokee County real estate is booming, and there’s no signs of the seller’s market slowing down soon. 
Cameron Killian/Contributing Photographer The Cherokee County Jail was located behind the courthouse (main street entrance shown here) cells on the top two floors. The jail is pictured as demolition work began, the courthouse (seen at right) renovated and expanded to cover the old site.

Cameron Killian/Contributing Photographer The Cherokee County Jail was located behind the courthouse (main street entrance shown here) cells on the top two floors. The jail is pictured as demolition work began, the courthouse (seen at right) renovated and expanded to cover the old site.

Brutal Florida reform school, inmates fled to Murphy

Wally Avett
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Body In the so-called Panhandle, where Florida joins south Alabama, there is a city called Marianna.

Local writer sending out ‘good vibes’

David Brown
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Body In 1966, The Beach Boys told us they were pickin’ up good vibrations – from a her, of course – but it turns out the band was really onto something; good vibrations are a real thing.