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Ranger Elementary/Middle School cafeteria employee Dianne Benson hands both a breakfast and lunch to Gage Ledford on Monday morning. Cafeteria manager Lisa Wood said her staff prepared an initial 182 bags of breakfast and lunch each, and will continue preparing bags throughout the morning to serve families that stopped by the school to pick up the meals for school-age children. The school typically feeds about 265 students daily. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

Ranger Elementary/Middle School cafeteria employee Dianne Benson hands both a breakfast and lunch to Gage Ledford on Monday morning. Cafeteria manager Lisa Wood said her staff prepared an initial 182 bags of breakfast and lunch each, and will continue preparing bags throughout the morning to serve families that stopped by the school to pick up the meals for school-age children. The school typically feeds about 265 students daily. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

Coronavirus concerns: Schools work to meet needs

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Body   Murphy -The coronavirus, or COVID-19, may have not reached Cherokee County yet, but the community is already feeling the effects of the disease.

Virus shuts down many activities

News Staff
Monday, March 16, 2020
Body     Gov. Roy Cooper declared a statewide state of emergency in response to five more people testing positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus on March 10.
Antonio Hernandez (defense attorney) questions William Wood as Darrel Curtis (witness for the defense) during a mock trial based on the book The Outsiders. Photo by Penny Ray

Antonio Hernandez (defense attorney) questions William Wood as Darrel Curtis (witness for the defense) during a mock trial based on the book The Outsiders. Photo by Penny Ray

Andrews Middle students participate in mock trial

Penny Ray
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Body     Murphy – Andrews Middle School students studying seventh-grade language arts and social studies participated in a mock trial based on the book The Outsiders
Fred Lunsford blows out the candles on his birthday cake at the party for him Saturday afternoon at Vengeance Creek Baptist Church. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

Fred Lunsford blows out the candles on his birthday cake at the party for him Saturday afternoon at Vengeance Creek Baptist Church. Photo by Samantha Sinclair

95 year-old Lunsford has many stories to tell

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Body     Marble – Fred Lunsford never expected to make it to 95 years old.
Experts say washing your hands and disinfecting surfaces are the best things you can do to prevent spreading viruses.

Experts say washing your hands and disinfecting surfaces are the best things you can do to prevent spreading viruses.

Coronavirus risk not considered high here

Samantha Sinclair
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Body Update: Gov. Roy Cooper declared a statewide state of emergency in response to five more people testing positive for the COVID- 19 coronavirus on March 10.
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2 new faces head to election

Penny Ray
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Body     Murphy – With early ballot results showing them each losing by a couple hundred votes, uncertainty swirled around supporters of Steve “Cold Cash” Coleman and inc