Jerry M. Wilson, 78, of Brasstown passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at his residence. He was a native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County. He served in the United States Marine Corps. He was a member of New Martins Creek Baptist Church. He served as both a deacon and Sunday School teacher for over […]
Read More »Mrs. Guendola Rebecca Payne: Obituary
Guendola Rebecca Payne, age 86, of Deerbrook Drive, Hayesville and formerly of Blairsville passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 in the Murphy Medical Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Payne was born on March 1, 1930 in Hayesville. She was the daughter of the late Merle Randall Bracken and the late Lula Mease […]
Read More »Mr. Edward Jack Peacock: Obituary
Mr. Edward Jack Peacock, age 64 of Marble, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Saint Francis Downtown Hospital, Greenville, SC. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 4:00 P.M. at the Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy with the Rev. Aud Brown officiating. The family will receive friends at the Cochran Funeral […]
Read More »When He Is She and She Is He
Opinion by John Tutten: When is a five foot nine white guy not a five foot nine white guy? When he asserts to today’s college kids that he is a six foot five Chinese woman. What’s hard to figure out about that? The recent Internet video by Jason Backholm of the Family Policy Institute shows […]
Read More »Jack Kingston Endorses Doug Collins for Congress
Cites Effective Representative and Consistent Conservative Values Gainesville, GA., April 18, 2016 – Former US Congressman Jack Kingston today endorsed Doug Collins for Congress in the May 24th GOP Primary. Kingston served along side two of the candidates in this race in the US House of Representatives. He also volunteers his time serving as the Foundation Chairman for the […]
Read More »Murphy Man Arrested for Selling and Possessing Drugs
Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced that April 12th , 2016 arrest of Chad Anotnio Mayner a 28 year old Murphy North Carolina man for charges involving possessing and selling drugs. Cherokee County Sheriff’s Narcotics Investigators observed what they believed to be the sale of marijuana by Mayner near his residence. Upon further investigation it […]
Read More »The Power of God’s Word
Religion article written by Dr. Bob Allen: I want to give you a word of encouragement today. Perhaps some of you are going through fiery trials even now. Stand firm, keep trusting the Lord. I have noticed most people I know who truly live the Christian life, and not just go to church, but have […]
Read More »Budgeting – Tripwires and Landmines
Opinion by George McClellan: The 2015 Budget Control Act, agreed to by both parties and the Obama Administration, that should have set spending levels to not exceed $1.06 trillion, was tossed out by the GOP when they passed the Omnibus Spending Bill for 2016, a vote so contentious that ‘conservative’ congressmen everywhere, who voted for […]
Read More »Mr. Roger Dale Jolly: Obituary
Roger Dale Jolly, 49, of Andrews passed away Friday, April 8, 2016 at his residence. He was a native of Gainesville, Florida before moving to Andrews in 2009. Roger was the proprietor of Jolly Rogers Thrift Store in Andrews. He was the son of the late Paul Eugene and Merida Lamb Jolly. He was also […]
Read More »A Tree of Life? Not Exactly
Opinion by John Tutten: I bet about right now you are getting a little weary from all the political chaff exploding around us. How about something a little different this week? Here goes. A team of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley using a supercomputer have generated a vastly more complex model of […]
Read More »Open Letter to Prince Reibus
Dear Mr. Reibus: I will not be voting in the presidential election this year. The electoral college “process” has been so completely corrupted that the electors (citizens) are no longer involved. You have stated in public media that the candidate for president will be “chosen” in a contested convention. One of your primary handlers has […]
Read More »Personhood? That is the Question!
Opinion by John Tutten: Donald Trump may have inadvertently helped the Republican cause this year with his stumbling over a hypothetical gotcha question about the abolition of Roe v. Wade. During an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Trump stated that with abortion illegal, women seeking abortions should face “some form of punishment”. (Why is Trump […]
Read More »What We Don’t See
Opinion by George McClellan Does anyone not remember that all but one of the Islamic terrorists involved in the attack on America on 9/11 were Saudi’s? One must ask why does our media downplay anything involving the Saudi’s? Americans who have recognized the problem and sounded the alarm, have been attacked as being Islamaphobic, racist […]
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Holy Spirit Remembrance
Religion column written by Larry Bennett Can you imagine how overwhelmed the disciples must have been when Jesus gave them the great commission? Jesus’ parting words were, “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations (people groups)…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded” (Matthew 28:19). For the most part, they […]
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