Donna Ruth Sacco, age 61 of Murphy, NC passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. She was born in Provost, Utah to the late George and Bessie Place Mitchell. Donna was a RTT with the Orlando Regional Medical Center. She was a graduate of Mt. Verde Academy and a […]
Read More »Mr. Tommy Earl Deitz: Obituary
Tommy Earl Deitz, age 80, of Hayesville, NC passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at his residence. He was a born in Towns County, GA to Buna Moody Deitz of Hayesville, NC and the late Oliver Deitz. Earl had worked for MGM brakes for 45 years in the Receiving Department. He was a US Army […]
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Mr. Lawrence Hoffman: Obituary
Lawrence Hoffman, age 92, of Hayesville, NC passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 in Hall County, GA. He was a native of Clay County, NC and the son of the late Bynum and Delia Cruise Hoffman. Lawrence was a welder for Lidseen Manufacturing in Warne, NC. He enjoyed fishing and in his younger days riding […]
Read More »There’s a Revolution Coming (if it hasn’t already started)
Opinion By George McClellan: The media is trying to shape the news for us now that Donald Trump is the prospective GOP candidate. It’s probably time to completely turn off the TV news programs, including Fox News, and rest your minds for awhile secure in the knowledge that your are missing the left wings massive […]
Read More »Mr. Lowell Ledford: Obituary
Lowell Ledford, age 69, of Hayesville, NC passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 in Buncombe County, NC. He was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late, Willard Ralph Ledford and Mattie Lee Kitchens Ledford. Lowell had many traits but most of all he enjoyed being a machinist and working in the mechanic field. He […]
Read More »An Age Old Battle
Opinion by John Tutten: I believe I understand now why conservative supporters of Donald Trump’s candidacy are so ardent and so energized. I understand now why they continue to support him despite his floating the most absurd and despicable accusation in modern politics. I speak of Trump’s implication with zero proof that Ted Cruz’ father, […]
Read More »Mary Morrow: Obituary
Mary Morrow, age 96 of Andrews, NC passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016. She was a native of Cherokee County and the daughter of the late John Pitt and Della Love Phillips. Mary worked as a knitter helper for Berkshire Knitting Mill and a component assembler for Clifton Precision. She loved her family. Mary was […]
Read More »A Wild Wind Blows Bitter Weeds
Opinion by George McClellan: In light of Donald Trump’s decisive win in Indiana and Ted Cruz’s inevitable decision to abandon the chase, it only remains for the remnants of the GOP, if they wish to remain a political party of any significance, to rally around Trumps flag and ride the wild wind wherever it may […]
Read More »Thelma Lorene Akin Anderson: Obituary
Thelma Lorene Akin Anderson, age 93, of Murphy, NC passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016 at her residence. She was a native of Trezevant, TN but lived most of her life in Clermont, FL before moving to Murphy several years ago. She was a daughter of the late Neal Cleveland and Lillian Lorene Lunday Akin. […]
Read More »Cynthia Ann Tedder Woodring: Obituary
Cynthia Ann Tedder Woodring, age 53 of Murphy, NC and formerly of Braselton, GA passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016. She was born in Whiteville, NC and the daughter of George Tedder of Anderson, SC and Patricia Story of Murphy, NC. Cynthia was an administrative assistant. She was a loving mother. Cynthia enjoyed arts, crafts […]
Read More »The Glory of the Obama Legacy
Opinion by George McClellan: This years annual Washington’s Correspondence Dinner, Obama’s last try as a stand up comedian, disintegrated into a tawdry example of second class citizens laughing at uncouth third class jokes by an almost unknown negro comedian who, because he was a negro and on the cast of Saturday Night Live, assumed he […]
Read More »Mr. Robert J. Peek: Obituary
Robert J. Peek, 85, of Murphy passed away Monday, May 2, 2016 at his residence. He was a native of Cook County, Illinois, but lived in Yorkville, Illinois before moving to Murphy in 1995. Robert retired as an engineer from Bell Laboratories in 1987 after 24 years. He was the son of the late Roger […]
Read More »Unity
Opinion by George McClellan: Picture this: a brash, loud mouthed New Yorker goes to Alabama and 35,000 cheering people show up to hear him speak. He goes to North Carolina and as many thousands rally to his words. Everywhere he goes, thousands rally to hear him. That New Yorker is Donald Trump. His constant, unchanging […]
Read More »A Hiccup!
Opinion by George McClellan: House Speaker Paul Ryan can’t yet bring himself to support Donald Trump on the misconstrued grounds that Trump does not meet Republican principles. He said: “the party needs a standard bearer who meets our standards.” Just what are “our standards” and now, who cares? Here’s a clue for Speaker Ryan: the […]
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