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CANTON -- Sequoyah closed out its season in a big way with a 52-13 victory over Centennial in a Region 7AAAAAA game Saturday at Skip Pope Stadium.
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CANTON — A large, enthusiastic crowd gathered Friday for a rally where Vice President Mike Pence urged attendees to help turn out the vote for incumbent Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
With coronavirus infections rising in Cherokee County, school board members on Thursday night asked Superintendent Brian Hightower to come up with a recommendation on whether or not to implement a student mask requirement.
A new store in downtown Woodstock is providing a space for creative entrepreneurs to make and sell their products directly to the public.
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The annual Holiday Market, hosted by Revival Events Group, returns from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 28.
CHEROKEE THANKSGIVING: The 28th annual Cherokee Thanksgiving is delivering and offering meals on Thanksgiving Day for people who need it. Williamson Brothers Barbecue is providing the meal this year. To order send an email to ctmeals007@gmail.com with your name, address and number of meals n…
Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services responded to a structure fire on Holly Lynn Court in Holly Springs Thursday afternoon.
WOODSTOCK -- With the Region 7AAAAAA championship already in hand, River Ridge completed an undefeated regular season Saturday afternoon by beating Cambridge 29-21.
CANTON -- Creekview had the edge in time of possession and held off Johns Creek for a pivotal 19-14 win Friday night at the Grizzly Den.
CANTON — What was billed as two of the better teams in Class AAAAAAA lived up to the hype Friday night at Tommy Baker Field.
Klivert Many's go-ahead 1-yard touchdown run lifted Etowah to an upset win over Alpharetta 12-6 on Friday.
Year-end standardized tests for Georgia public schools are poised to count for zero this school year after state education officials moved Thursday to lower the weight those scores have on students’ final grades from 20% to 0.01%.
ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to 4.5% last month, the lowest since the coronavirus pandemic broke out last March, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.
Area first responders were busy Wednesday afternoon, responding to an accident involving a crane truck on Ga. Highway 372 at the Conns Creek Road intersection.
ATLANTA - Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith R. Blackwell has left the bench to rejoin his former law firm.
Cherokee County government offices housed in the administration building on Bluffs Parkway will be providing services remotely on Friday, because of the visit of Vice President Mike Pence for a midday political rally.
A 27-year-old Paterson, New Jersey man was arrested in Cherokee County on Wednesday in connection with a double shooting in New Jersey, authorities said.
Prayer is a conversation with God, not a formula. Most of us forget that God is participating in the conversation too. We talk about what we need, our pain and our requests but rarely listen to any Divine responses.
Right now, I have a Thanksgiving cactus blooming in the dining room. If you have a “Christmas” cactus, its blooming is not far behind. Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) and Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) are popular, fall- and winter-flowering houseplants. Thanksgivin…
A Woodstock firefighter is putting his hobby to work raising money for medical treatment of a brother in uniform’s son.
When Sequoyah hits the field Saturday night, it will know exactly where it stands in the race for the playoffs.
Two programs that have never met will square off this weekend, and for one side, a region championship will be on the line.
Etowah’s season will come to an end this week against a first-time opponent.
The final playoff spot in Region 5AAAAAAA will be on the line Friday when Woodstock travels to Roswell.
Despite the absence of Mayor Rick Roberts and council members Mickey O’Malley and Frank Homiller, the Ball Ground City Council had a quorum for its most recent meeting and was able to proceed with approval on a trio of annexation petitions.
The American Legion Thomas M. Brady Post 45 in Canton, working closely with the Cherokee County Homeless Veterans Program, is expanding its vehicle donation program to support single veteran mothers in need of reliable transportation through a partnership with AutoGift.
The Ball Ground Police Department will soon have another tool in its toolbox in the coming weeks, as the agency will be getting a set of body cameras for officers up and running.
A 59-year-old man was killed Tuesday when he and the work truck he was kneeling beside was struck by a motorist, officials said.
Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services is once again serving as an official collection site for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her runoff opponent Rev. Raphael Warnock are squaring off over how to bolster health care and insurance coverage amid a bruising stretch of campaign attack ads in Georgia.
♦ States are not allowing more than 10 people to gather in a private home for Thanksgiving. But funerals are allowed. So we’re going to have a funeral for Tom Turkey on Nov. 24.
Seven new volunteer firefighters participated in a live fire evolution exercise this month as part of their initial training held at the Cherokee County Fire Training Center.
The Holly Springs City Council approved a request for the annexation and rezoning of around a quarter acre of land located off Holly Springs Parkway and Riverside Way during its meeting on Monday.
Several new county records were set by Cherokee County swimmers last season and with many of the area’s best swimmers returning, this season could see more records fall by the wayside.
