Lana Radford Hooper, age 64, of Hayesville, NC passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 at the North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. She was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late Lloyd and Virginia Farmer Radford. Lana was a self-employed hairdresser. She enjoyed gardening and being outdoors. Lana loved spending time with […]
Read More »Mr. Sherman William Morrow: Obituary
Sherman William Morrow, age 73, of Andrews, NC passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 in Buncombe County, NC. He was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee County, NC; son of the late Hartford and Edith Baxter Morrow. He was a self-employed painter. Sherman was a member and deacon at Trout Cove Baptist Church. Sherman […]
Read More »Obama’s Revolution
Opinion by George McClellan: After the Brussels bombing, Obama said: “We have to reject any attempt to stigmatize Muslim-Americans, and their enormous contributions to our country.” I’d like to know how he’s going to stop it? And, exactly what, beyond multiple murders of Americans since 1993, has been Muslim-Americans enormous contribution to our country? Nothing! They’re […]
Read More »Faith You Need for Today, Part 2
Religion column written by Dr. Bob Allen: Part #2 Father God does not respond to pain, suffering or sorrow. He responds to faith. Rom 1:17.The Apostel Paul said, “Now the just shall live by faith.” When the hurting sinner cries out “Lord help me or “Lord save me”, that prayer gets answered every time. After […]
Read More »The Sweet Smell of War in the Air
Opinion by George McClellan: America is on the brink of world war and we’re not prepared. Indeed, we won’t even acknowledge the peril. Russia and China are on the move and the regimes they sponsor, Iran and North Korea, act with impunity. Both countries, Russia and China, have claimed the territory of their neighbors, and […]
Read More »On Islamists, Liberals, and Idiots
Opinion by John Tutten: Did you see them? In the sky, hundreds of them, flying everywhere. Donkeys. All around the world donkeys took flight when uber-liberal, Piers Morgan, in a piece for the UK Daily Mail stated that maybe Donald Trump was not so wrong in his approach to dealing with escalating Islamic violence. I […]
Read More »Mrs. Penelope “Penny” Signe Pillen: Obituary
Penelope “Penny” Signe Pillen, age 67 of Murphy, passed away March 24, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Pillen was born December 10, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York and had lived in the Murphy area for seven years after retiring from her career as a medical office clerk. She was preceded in death by her parents […]
Read More »Mr. Daniel Irvin McKinnon: Obituary
Daniel Irvin McKinnon, 72, of Murphy, born May 11, 1943, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. He was surrounded by his wife, Dot, of 50 years of marriage, with his daughter, Vicki, and granddaughter, Abigail. He was born in Macon, Ga., but truly found home after moving to Murphy. He was best […]
Read More »The Government-Educational Complex
Opinion by George McClellan: Once Upon a time, president Eisenhower, in his farewell speech upon leaving office, warned us to “beware of the military-industrial complex.” We see that his warning was heard, ignored but not forgotten. Why? Because war cycles makes money for industry, gives power and control to politicians and keeps everyone else enslaved […]
Read More »SHAME
Opinion by George McClellan: Shame is simply not a strong enough word to describe the acute pain most Americans now feel toward Obama and his pipe dreams of a utopian Cuba style government right here in the USA. There cannot be enough words in the English language to properly describe the shame and humiliation our […]
Read More »Faith for this Day
Religion column written by Dr. Bob Allen: Faith for this day, God and His word are one. God will back up everything that He promises. Not only will He back It, but His throne is back of it. He said, “I watch over my word to perform it.” God is a business man. He knows […]
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Our Intelligence Dilemma
Opinion by George McClellan: Following the 9/11 terrorist attack, the federal government immediately reformed its existing security programs by creating new bureaucracies. The previously unknown Patriot Act immediately hove into view and while the smoking ruins of the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and the hole in the Pennsylvania farm were still burning in peoples minds, […]
Read More »Luella Arlene Hardy: Obituary
Luella Arlene Hardy, age 85, of Crouse, passed away on March 21, 2016 at her home. She was born June 25, 1930, in Cherokee County, daughter of the late Dewey Gay Jones and Laura Mae Phillips Jones. Mrs. Hardy was a member of Harris Chapel Church of God in Murphy, NC. A Funeral Service will […]
Read More »Katherine Northrup: Obituary
Katherine Northrup, age 75, of Murphy, NC passed away Monday, March 21, 2016 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. She was a native of St. Claire County, MI and the daughter of the late Thomas Sr. and Marjorie Young Stringer. She had been a secretary at a Ford Motor Company. She moved from Brandenton Florida […]
Read More »Judy Love Friedberg: Obituary
Judy Love Friedberg, 73, of Inman, South Carolina, formerly of Murphy, died Sunday, March 20, 2016 in Landrum, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Evelyn Moon Love and the wife of the late Robert M. “Bob” Friedberg, who died November 20, 1998. Surviving are three daughters, Norma Green and Carolyn […]
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