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September 13, 2007
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Murphy man murdered
Man charged with shooting his brother to death
By Dwight Otwell Editor
A Murphy man is charged with shooting his older brother to death. He then changed his shirt and went to work at a local restaurant. The shooting occurred Monday afternoon at an old, board house at 578 Regal Street, across from an entrance to the future Cherokee County Sheriff's office and jail. More...
Car goes over bank and crashes
By Dwight Otwell Editor

A Murphy man was airlifted out after he apparently ran in front of another vehicle Thursday and wrecked, causing his car to go over a bank off of Hwy. 19. Billy Ray O'Dell, 65, of 30 Harper Road, Murphy, had to be removed from his car, which was slanted down a bank toward the river. Two people in... More...

City sounds off on noise law
By Lizz Harold Staff Writer

Excessive noise in the town of Murphy has led city council leaders to consider revising the current ordinance to include court conviction. Violators may face fines and further consequences within city limits. Though perceived as an insignificant charge, many cities across the nation have taken st... More...

 Local News
•Letters to the Editor
The Mountain song stage a success The Mountain Song Stage at this year's 7th Annual Murphy Heritage Walk and Festival was such a success this year! The crowds under the big tent were large and remained constant all day and the lucky listeners were treated to a variety of traditional music by 6 d... More...
•Shriners Hospital for Children recieves donation from Donna Kitchens
•Truett Baptist Association works to provide shelter to foster children
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 Calendar
•CALENDAR
Alzheimer's Support Group of Murphy meets the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at the Murphy Senior Center. Contact Laura Harris at 828-644-0650 for more information. Action team The Far West Small Scale Agricultural Action Team meets the second Monday of each month in the St. Andrews Lut... More...
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 Community
•Something beautiful
Have you ever been witness to somelthing so beautiful that you were unable to keep it to yourself? Let me share with you just what took place most recently. It was Kimberley Hayes on her wedding day; it was her father that gave her away...something beautiful. It was Anthony Williamson who took h... More...
•Avery Eli welcomed into the world
•Perfect attendance recognized
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 Opinion
•From the Porch
No cocaine and holes in the lumber
We paid good money to see a giant advertisement for a product that started out containing cocaine. We also saw grown men trying so unsuccessfully to hit an object with a wooden stick that termites must have gotten to the lumber. More...
•Six years after 9-11, Europe still sleeps at the switch
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 Church
•Gospel Festival of Choirs 2007
The Gospel Song Festival of Choirs 2007 will be hosted by Little Brasstown Baptist Church Sunday evening, September 23. The prelude starts at 6 p.m. featuring nine-year-old vocalist Hailey Saraney and the Foothills Connection,k an award winning barbershop quartet. More...
•The hummingbird
•A Point Of Light
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 Obituaries
•Ruby Rose
Ruby Alene Rose, age 72, of Turtletown, TN died Saturday, September 1, 2007 at the Emory Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, GA. Mrs. Rose was a native of Cherokee County, NC and she was the daughter of the late William and Geneva Long Brannon. She retired from Guthrie Machine Works as a machi... More...
•Edwin Forest
•James Kniffen
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 Arts & Leisure
•Fall motorcycle poker run
Due to a huge response from the Spring Ride, Brasstown Valley Resort's Relay for Life team will be hosting a Fall Poker Run on Saturday, September 29th. (Rain date September 30th.) Registration will begin at 11:00a.m. More...
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 Home & Garden
•North Carolina woodturning symposium in October
The next bi-annual North Carolina Woodturning Symposium will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum from Friday afternoon into Sunday afternoon, October 5-7. It is expected that about 300 persons from throughout the southeast US will register. More...
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