The 2020 general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting begins Oct. 15, and citizens can request absentee ballots through Oct. 27.
As the month ended, Cherokee County had its highest daily count of new COVID-19 cases at 25. In addition, health department staff got to tell 126 people they tested negative for the virus.
Ranger – The Cherokee County Health Department directed Ranger Elementary/Middle School to close early Friday because of COVID-19 exposures.
Murphy – A fire destroyed a two-story garage in the Tanglewood Forest housing development last week.
10 years ago: The Andrews Wildcats football team opened the season with a smothering 48-30 victory over Thomas Jefferson Academy.
Ranger – The Cherokee County Health Department directed Ranger Elementary/Middle School to close early Friday because of COVID-19 exposures.
Murphy – Oct. 31 would have been Mickie Kingsley’s fifth year artistically transforming the
hair and faces of clients at Shear Monster on Hill Street.
Murphy – A mix up on guidance from the state caused 33 out of about 400 absentee ballot request forms already processed for the general election to be temporarily rejected in C
Local nursing homes were hit hard by COVID-19 last week, as one suffered its first death of a resident who tested positive.
Ranger – When Dylan Winders was laid off from his job at the start of the summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he happened the opportunity to fulfill one of his childhood dream