Some folks may find that electric vehicles are not always worth the effort to keep them.

J.R. Carroll (left) and Brian Hallgren share a laugh in the studio of WCVP-AM 600 in Murphy in 1981.

Cameron Killian/Contributing Photographer The old brick Cherokee County Jail was three-story structure attached to the rear of the Cherokee County Courthouse in Murphy. It’s seen here as it was being removed to make way for expanding the courthouse.

This monument to the 39th North Carolina Infantry stands today at the Chickamauga National Battlefield just south of Chattanooga, Tenn.

William “Monroe” Turner