Opinion

    A large group of students, I call it a mob, burned and destroyed property on the University of California-Berkeley campus to protest a guest speaker whose ideas they did not like.

    Many folks who have moved to Cherokee County over the years have done so to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life.

    Who am I? And where did I come from?

   Twitter nearly exploded around 8 p.m.

    When I was playing sports at Murphy High School in the early 1980s, I visited several friends in Texana.

    Some of us have voted Republican, while others have voted Democrat. Many of us have even voted both at different times in our lives.

    Even though the Cherokee Scout and other community newspapers are miles away in content and resources from dailies like The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, it still pains me a bit when

    Christmas miracles come in all shapes and sizes, as I happily learned anew earlier this month.

    If you thought the 2016 Murphy Bulldogs football team was something, just wait till next year.

   Road improvements have been a major topic of discussion in Cherokee County for some time. It was listed during the recent political campaigns by candidates for both county commission and N.C.

   Just when we thought we were out, they pulled us back in. Gov.

   One month after the Nov. 8 elections, there seems to be renewed optimism around Cherokee County.

  • I’ve been told many times that the Lord works in mysterious ways, and I’ve seen it myself too many times to count. The last 10-plus years, to be exact.