The Guardian ad Litem program will begin the next training class on Monday, February 19th. A Guardian ad Litem is a court appointed volunteer who represents children in abuse and neglect cases. More...

Alcoholics Anonymous The Cherokee County Alcoholics Anonymous has scheduled meetings as follows: Tues., 7 p.m. and Sat., noon, Murphy Presbyterian Church (white house in rear); Wed., 8 p.m., United Methodist Church, Andrews, in the fellowship hall; Thursdays, 8 p.m., Murphy Medical Center, main co... More...

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have wings." These lines are from Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass," published in 1872. The ... More...

Criticism has been directed at the U.S. military about treatment of captive terrorists. In a few cases, the criticism is deserved. For instance, the highly publicized incidents at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba warranted censure. We should never become like the terrorists and torture them like they torture ... More...

Do your best to get here before winter (2 Timothy 4:21). Those are the last instructions Paul gave Timothy before being executed. Ed, an acquaintance of mine who was 79, gave me similar instructions from a nursing home two weeks ago. Ed never got married. My family was as close to a family as he ... More...

Lizzie "Jackie" Woodhouse Dozier Sherrill, 88, of Andrews died Thursday (January 4, 2007) at her residence. A native of Virginia Beach, VA, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Lynwood and Alice Virginia Woodhouse Dozier and the wife of the late Paul P. Sherrill, Sr. She attended Brevard Junior ... More...

Madeline MacNeil, well known as a singer and performer on the hammered and mountain dulcimers, will be featured in a free concert in the Community Room of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown on Thursday, January 25 at 7 p.m. More...

Q: I have a Wilcox and Gibbs treadle sewing machine in a nice cabinet and with original instruction book and attachments. Where can I sell it? - Jim, Chillicothe, Ohio A: According to Antique American Sewing Machines by James W. Slaten, most Willcox and Gibbs treadle machines manufactured after 1... More...

The sound from both sides of the Murphy gym was like the buildup to a jet takeoff Friday night. Murphy fans were stomping and yelling "Bulldogs" while Hiwassee Dam fans were echoing those yells with "Eagles" with seven seconds left in the varsity boys' basketball game and the score tied 60-60. More...