Charles Henry (CH) Adams, age 74, of Chuckey, Tennessee passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016 in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Cherokee County, NC and the son of the late RG and Edna Elizabeth Whitaker Adams. CH was a retired Veteran from the US […]
Read More »Dona Lillian Morgan Ferqueron: Obituary
Dona Lillian Morgan Ferqueron, age 74, of Murphy, NC passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at her residence. She was a native of Hampton County, MA and the daughter of the late Donald and Pearl Dunham Morgan. Dona had worked as a secretary in St. Petersburg, FL and after moving to Murphy she worked for […]
Read More »Beatrice Kitchens: Obituary
Beatrice Kitchens, affectionately known as “Aunt Bea”, age 98, of Hayesville, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 in Chatuge Regional Nursing Home. She was a native of McMinnville, Tennessee, but had lived most of her life in Clay County. She had worked for Clay County Schools in the cafeteria where all the children remember her […]
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Transformation
Opinion by George McClellan: Not wishing to appear rhapsodic in the apparent happy direction Donald Trumps recent outstanding speeches have taken his campaign and, equally, not wanting to prepare a disquisition on the subject, it remains only for me to keep pushing the envelope of truth to ensure that the odious Hillary Clinton never, ever […]
Read More »Donald J. Trump Launches First Television Ad of the General Election
(New York, NY) August 19, 2016 – Donald J. Trump today released his first television ad of the general election, to begin airing immediately. The ad, entitled “Two Americas: Immigration,” illustrates one of many important contrasts between Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton and highlights an issue, which has been a cornerstone of Mr. Trump’s candidacy, […]
Read More »Mrs. Linda Byrd Lucas: Obituary
Linda Byrd Lucas passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2016. Linda is the daughter of the late Vivian Barnette and George Marion Byrd, Sr. She leaves behind her loving husband of 30 years, Bobby James Lucas, her daughter, Kimberley LaRue Gedrose, her son, Garey Lawrence Gedrose, Jr., a brother, George Byrd and wife Linda, two […]
Read More »Delois Grant Little: Obituary
Delois Grant Little, age 87, of Murphy, NC passed away Sunday, September 5, 2016 at Murphy Medical Center. She was born in Gaston County, NC to the late Troy Harrison and Lissie Ann Hughes Grant. Delois had lived most of her life in Cherokee County, NC. She retired as a Quality Control Analysis Inspector for […]
Read More »Mr. Ray Dean Morgan: Obituary
Ray Dean Morgan, age 80 of Andrews, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016 at Murphy Medical Center. Ray was a native of Macon County, NC. He was a son of the late Julius and Elva Dills Morgan. Ray was a member of Bear Creek Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge # 529 in Andrews. He was […]
Read More »Mr. Kurt William Jensen: Obituary
Kurt William Jensen, 60, passed peacefully Saturday, September 3, 2016 at his Serenity cabin in Murphy, North Carolina. He was born on April 11th, 1956 to Leif and Tenna Jensen in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Clarkson College of Technology in 1978 with a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering. Kurt took immense pride in his […]
Read More »GBI Investigating Inmate Death
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia Department of Corrections are currently investigating the death of Christopher Verner, 23, an inmate at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility in Baxley, Georgia. On Friday, August 26, Verner collapsed at the Appling ITF and was ultimately transferred to Savannah Memorial where he died August 27, 2016. The GBI […]
Read More »The Black Problem With White Society
Opinion by George McClellan: Generally, we feel safe when we know that we and our neighbors respect and obey the laws. It’s so engrained in fact, that we rarely gave it a second thought. For most of us it used to be that our first and only contact with law enforcement was when we got […]
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BINGO To Benefit Warriors Veteran Outreach
BINGO – Fun family evening. All proceeds benefit Warriors Veteran Outreach – helping area veterans. Ranger Community Center Friday, 7 PM, August 26, 155 Little Ranger Road, Murphy. Off of Hwy. 64 West next to Ranger Fire Dept. Grocery bingo, potluck supper donations by players with free coffee and snacks 828-557-6881.
Read More »Mr. Herschel Danny Mason: Obituary
Danny Mason, age 66 of Andrews, NC passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. He was a native of Macon County, NC; son of the late Herschel and Christine Morgan Mason. Herschel worked at Bakers. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in […]
Read More »The Fight is On
Opinion by George McClellan: Our federal government is/has morphed from a Constitutional Republic to a government of oligarchs presently influenced, it would seem, by a wealthy former youthful, WW2 Jewish Hungarian survivor of the Nazi’s named George Soros whose goal is to proceed rapidly toward creating the utopia of a one world government where we […]
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