Cannon Crompton/sports@cherokeescout.com Kaiya Ellis takes a ride in the Chevrolet Camaro driven by her father, James Ellis, after being named the 2025 Andrews High School homecoming queen Friday night. See every member of the Wildcats’ court on page 12A.
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Andrews Mayor James Reid (right) swears in Steve Jordan back onto the Board of Aldermen on Friday night.
Nell Britt poses with children in this undated photo from her Facebook page.
Aiden McCoy Williams/Staff Correspondent Comfort Grub in Ranger will celebrate its grand reopening all weekend with a ribbon cutting, Fall Festival craft show and Eastern Hot Rodders car show, Gears & Grub.
The Cherokee County Board of Education is (from left) Arnold Matthews, Jason Murphy, Jeff Tatham, Jeannie Gaddis, Chair Shannon Raper, James Ellis and vice chair Steve Coleman, with Superintendent Keevin Woody.
Photos by Michelle Bradbeer/Staff Correspondent Reach of Cherokee & Graham Counties held its annual Shatter the Silence ceremony on Oct. 3 at Murphy First United Methodist Church downtown.
Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Firefighters race against one another to see who can don their gear the fastest Saturday. The winner was Lt. Dakota Thrower of the Ranger Volunteer Fire Department.
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Firefighters participate regularly in order to be proficient at many jobs, including extricating patients from a vehicle after an accident.