Opinion

Dreams can be replaced

David Brown
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Body  This spring is the anniversary of one of the pivotal moments of my life, for 35 years ago my Major League Baseball dreams came to an end, and without a Hall of Fame ceremony.
Cameron Killian/Contributing Photographer The Cherokee County Jail was located behind the courthouse (main street entrance shown here) cells on the top two floors. The jail is pictured as demolition work began, the courthouse (seen at right) renovated and expanded to cover the old site.

Cameron Killian/Contributing Photographer The Cherokee County Jail was located behind the courthouse (main street entrance shown here) cells on the top two floors. The jail is pictured as demolition work began, the courthouse (seen at right) renovated and expanded to cover the old site.

Brutal Florida reform school, inmates fled to Murphy

Wally Avett
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Body In the so-called Panhandle, where Florida joins south Alabama, there is a city called Marianna.

Local writer sending out ‘good vibes’

David Brown
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Body In 1966, The Beach Boys told us they were pickin’ up good vibrations – from a her, of course – but it turns out the band was really onto something; good vibrations are a real thing.

Act = government transparency

News Staff
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Body Newspapers like the Cherokee Scout just cover a week ago wrapped up coverage of Sunshine Week, a time set aside to promote government accountability through public records and public meeti
Smoky Mountain Railways, by Jacob Morgan Plott and Bob Plott, is a 208-page non-fiction paperback book with a retail price of $21.99 at Arcadia Publishing.

Smoky Mountain Railways, by Jacob Morgan Plott and Bob Plott, is a 208-page non-fiction paperback book with a retail price of $21.99 at Arcadia Publishing.

Term limits needed now

David Brown
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Body Some of the best ideas in the history of the Cherokee Scout have come from our readers, which is why we have opened the opinions pages to publish as many letters to the editor as possible