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Aiden McCoy Williams/Staff Correspondent Museum board President Trevis Hicks (left) and museum Director Terrisa Carringer are eager for the public to see changes at the Cherokee County Historical Museum.

Aiden McCoy Williams/Staff Correspondent Museum board President Trevis Hicks (left) and museum Director Terrisa Carringer are eager for the public to see changes at the Cherokee County Historical Museum.

Cherokee County Historical Museum undergoing renovations

Aiden McCoy Williams
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Body Murphy – The Cherokee County Historical Museum is inside a building from 1922.
More than 50,000 copies of the Cherokee Scout’s special section on fugitive Eric Rudolph’s arrest in May 2003 were distributed in several newspapers across western North Carolina and northern Georgia. This copy – which was signed by Jeff Postell, the former Murphy police officer who made the arrest – is hanging in the Scout’s office.

More than 50,000 copies of the Cherokee Scout’s special section on fugitive Eric Rudolph’s arrest in May 2003 were distributed in several newspapers across western North Carolina and northern Georgia. This copy – which was signed by Jeff Postell, the former Murphy police officer who made the arrest – is hanging in the Scout’s office.

Local residents remember Eric Rudolph, the fugitive next door

News Staff
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Body Eric Rudolph chase still not forgotten
Photos by Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Keith Rogers (left) reads the Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith’s birthday message at the Andrews VFW Post 7620’s celebration Nov. 10. Local post commandant Scott Ramler (right) read the original birthday celebration message from Nov. 10, 1921, known as the Lejeune message, written by Major Gen. John Lejeune. Since that first celebration, which stemmed from the Corps’ installment as the Continental Marines on Nov. 10, 1775, the branch’s birthday has been cel

Photos by Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Keith Rogers (left) reads the Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith’s birthday message at the Andrews VFW Post 7620’s celebration Nov. 10. Local post commandant Scott Ramler (right) read the original birthday celebration message from Nov. 10, 1921, known as the Lejeune message, written by Major Gen. John Lejeune. Since that first celebration, which stemmed from the Corps’ installment as the Continental Marines on Nov. 10, 1775, the branch’s birthday has been cel

VFW celebrates Marines' 250th birthday

News Staff
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Body Andrews – Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7620 celebrated the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday Nov. 10. The dinner was catered by DragonAss Smoked BBQ.
This is the front page of the Nov. 12, 1970, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 55 years ago today.

This is the front page of the Nov. 12, 1970, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 55 years ago today.

This Week in Local History

David Brown
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Body In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:
Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Bingo! Friends of the Andrews Public Library held their first monthly bingo night with a chili dinner as a fundraiser to a capacity crowd on Nov. 4. The next event, with a different dinner, will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the library on Main Street.

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Bingo! Friends of the Andrews Public Library held their first monthly bingo night with a chili dinner as a fundraiser to a capacity crowd on Nov. 4. The next event, with a different dinner, will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the library on Main Street.

Quick Reads

News Staff
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Body ANDREWS New chamber leader sought
Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Student leaders from Hiwassee Dam and Tri-County Early College high school gave presentations about their activities to the Cherokee County Board of Education on Thursday. Left: From Hiwassee Dam (from left) are Abby Lee, Josey Ware, Brock Hyde, Kaitlyn Oleske and Avery McNabb. Right: From Tri-County Early College (from left) are Victoria Higdon-Jimenez, Jasmine Tran, Jennifer Ramirez-Jaime, Eli Setless and Fern Crayton. Student leadership from other Cherokee

Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com Student leaders from Hiwassee Dam and Tri-County Early College high school gave presentations about their activities to the Cherokee County Board of Education on Thursday. Left: From Hiwassee Dam (from left) are Abby Lee, Josey Ware, Brock Hyde, Kaitlyn Oleske and Avery McNabb. Right: From Tri-County Early College (from left) are Victoria Higdon-Jimenez, Jasmine Tran, Jennifer Ramirez-Jaime, Eli Setless and Fern Crayton. Student leadership from other Cherokee

High school leaders

News Staff
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Cherokee County Arrest Report

News Staff
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Body The following people were booked through the Cherokee County Detention Center from Nov. 2-8, 2025, and federal law enforcement officers handled the cases.