• Convenience Store Owners Sentenced for Food Stamp Fraud and Identity Theft

    Convenience Store Owners Sentenced for Food Stamp Fraud AND IDENTITY THEFT ATLANTA – Jonathan and Stephanie Dupiton have been sentenced for using stolen identities to steal over $395,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  The defendants illegally obtained SNAP benefits for themselves, and then cashed them at stores they owned […]

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  • GBI Crime Lab Identifies Central Georgia Counterfeit Pills

    Decatur, GA – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab has identified counterfeit pills related to the reported overdoses in the Central Georgia area. Analysis has confirmed that the pills contain a mixture of two synthetic opioids, cyclopropyl fentanyl and U-47700.  Cyclopropyl fentanyl is a fentanyl analogue that is chemically similar to fentanyl.  It is […]

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  • Venita “Cooter” Phillips Love: Obituary

    Venita “Cooter” Phillips Love, age 94, of Andrews, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018 in a Robbinsville care facility. She was a native and lifetime resident of Andrews. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a great […]

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  • Elizabeth Lavada Hardin: Obituary

    Elizabeth Lavada Hardin, 82, of Waterford, Michigan, formerly of Andrews, died Monday, May 7, 2018. She was born in Andrews on February 7, 1936. She was one of nine siblings. She married James Hardin in 1953 and immediately moved to Waterford, MI to seek employment and raise a family. Her family was her greatest joy […]

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  • Freeda “Ann” Reighard Johnson: Obituary

    Freeda “Ann” Reighard Johnson, age 75 of Carrollton, Georgia passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2018. Mrs. Johnson was born in Dandridge, Tennessee on July 16, 1943, the daughter of the late Herman Snapp and Alice Simmons Samples. During her working career she worked as a clerk for the Salvation Army and was a member of […]

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  • Stanley W. Manous: Obituary

    Mr. Stanley W. Manous, age 71, of Sawyer Cove Road, Hayesville, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Canton, GA, March 15, 1947.  He was the son of the late J.T. Manous and Emma Grace Adams Manous. Stanley retired from the Cherokee County School System. He enjoyed […]

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  • Scott Calvin Caldwell: Obituary

    Scott Calvin Caldwell, 63, of Murphy passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at his residence. He was a native of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, but moved to Cherokee County in the 1980s. Scott worked as a child psychologist for more than 20 years with Smoky Mountain Mental Health. Scott enjoyed fishing, camping, and spending time with […]

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  • Cherokee NC Sheriffs Office Arrest Reports 06/24 to 06/30

    Cherokee County  NC Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report without images.  Pursuant to the state open records law, North Carolina General Statutes Public Records § 132-1, Criminal investigations, § 132-1.4, Access to Records, § 132-9, allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Those […]

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  • Mildred “Pedie” DeJarnette: Obituary

    Mildred “Pedie” DeJarnette, 98, of Andrews passed away Friday, June 8, 2018 at her residence. She was a native of Bramwell, West Virginia, but had been living in Andrews for the past 20 years. She was a past member of the Archibald D. Murphy Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the […]

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  • Betty Jones Dockery: Obituary

    Betty Jones Dockery, 85, of Murphy passed away Thursday, May 31, 2018 in a Murphy care facility. She was a native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County. For many years, she and her husband, Hayes, owned and operated Dockery Monument Company and later started Dockery Land Company. Betty was a member of the Murphy First […]

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  • Short Takes – Revealing the Coup

    A name rarely mentioned in this tawdry ‘coup’ against Trump business, is recently retired Admiral Mike Rogers, head of the NSA with the dual capacity as the Director of the newly forming Cyber Command. If I were asked to select a candidate for a “Profiles in Courage” award, it would surely be Admiral Rogers, followed […]

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  • Cherokee NC Sheriffs Office Arrest Reports 05/13 to 05/19

    Cherokee County  NC Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report without images.  Pursuant to the state open records law, North Carolina General Statutes Public Records § 132-1, Criminal investigations, § 132-1.4, Access to Records, § 132-9, allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Those […]

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  • Brooks Speer: Obituary

    Brooks Speer, age 85, of Andrews, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2018 in a Clay County care facility. He was a native of Lawrence County, Arkansas, but had lived in Cherokee County since 1971.  He was a retired supervisor with Baker Furniture.  He served in the United States Army. His hobby was fishing, fishing, and […]

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  • Ruth Day Wheeler: Obituary

    Ruth Day Wheeler, 95, of Andrews passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in a Murphy care facility. She was a native of Swain County, but lived in Andrews her entire life. Ruth had worked at Baker Furniture until her retirement. She also worked for Andrews Elementary for several years. She was a member of the […]

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