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Alissa Cheek will be the district's new math intervention specialist and coordinator of school programming for new schools.

Alissa Cheek will be the district's new math intervention specialist and coordinator of school programming for new schools.

5 schools get new principals on Jan. 1

Samantha Sinclair
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Body     Murphy – Five school principals said goodbyes to students and staff last week after one principal was assigned to a new position, causing other principals to mov
Melanie Millsaps and Moriah Miller load gifts into a family’s car Friday at the former Emerson building in Peachtree. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

Melanie Millsaps and Moriah Miller load gifts into a family’s car Friday at the former Emerson building in Peachtree. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

Toys for Tots gives gifts to 933 children

Samantha Sinclair
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Body     Peachtree – Cherokee County Toys for Tots organizers may have found a new way of doing things.
Connor Pressley

Connor Pressley

Local teenager dies in wreck

Penny Ray
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Body     Valleytown – A local teenager tragically died early Sunday morning following a single-vehicle crash.
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Holiday elfies

News Staff
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Body Murphy Elementary School first-grade students made “Elfies” last week as the Christmas holiday approached.
Photo by Keather Gougler Bob Grove reads during a previous performance at John C. Campbell Folk School.

Photo by Keather Gougler Bob Grove reads during a previous performance at John C. Campbell Folk School.

Local man honors Christmas tradition with virtual reading

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Body Brasstown – For at least 20 years, Bob Grove has placed the top hat on his head, slid period glasses over his nose and ears, buttoned up his coat and transformed into about a dozen