DAVID BROWN: Our veterans come first here

Body     This is a special week in Cherokee County, as there is a veritable cornucopia of fun and educational activities planned from one end of the county to the other to help celebrate

OUR VIEW: Property taxes tough to abolish

Body     The property tax revaluation for 2020 is well underway, with a public hearing set for 6:30 p.m. Monday during the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners meeting.

DAVID BROWN: Suicides need call to action

Body     The first time I ever heard of suicide was the day I came home from Jefferson Davis Middle School in West Palm Beach, Fla., and saw an ambulance in our driveway.

GUEST COLUMN: Hunting your best takes .30-30 vision

Body By Buddy McMillan

OUR VIEW: Teach kids not to bully others

Body     Bullying has never been good, but it has been around since biblical times and probably as long as mankind has lived on Earth.

DAVID BROWN: Two lives that made a difference

Body     All too often, we don’t fully appreciate something, or someone, until they’re gone.

OUR VIEW: Failure to follow the signs

Body     More than a year ago, Korean War veteran Oscar Valdes asked Cherokee County and the Town of Murphy to erect a new sign at Konehete Park to honor local U.S. military veterans.

DAVID BROWN: Five churches unite to help community

Body    The Bible is filled with verses encouraging believers to be one in the Lord, such as, “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity” (Psalm 133:1-2).

HUGH WILLIAMSON: Knock, knock – peephole opens in door – ‘Joe sent me’

Body     In 1919, Congress passed the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, known as The Volstead Act, more commonly called Prohibition.