Torch Run Benefits Georgia Special Olympics
Many with Cherokee Sheriff’s Office, Woodstock and Canton Police Departments, Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services and the Cherokee County Clerk’s Office participated in an event which benefits 24,740 active athletes with intellectual disabilities...

Pow Wow and Indian Festival Showcases Cherokee County's History
The twenty-third annual event will feature Native American drumming and dancing; Hoop Dancers, Aztec Dancers; Warriors on Horseback; Thunder the American Bison; Native arts, crafts, clothing; Living Indian village with: tipis, wigwam and displays, and much more...

Avery Elementary Holds Fun For a Cure
Students and staff at the Cherokee County elementary school participated in a walk and played games at school in honor and/or memory of family and friends who have battled cancer...

River Ridge High School Students Win KSU Invitational Geography Bowl
River Ridge went in second seed and beat Cherokee High School for the win in the Bowl held on Friday, April 13 at Kennesaw State University...

Canton Man Arrested for Burglary
Christopher Pierno, 31, is accused of burglarizing the Rainbow Asia restaurant in the Sixes community on March 25 and March 31...

Canton Farmer's Market Opens May 12
Local farmers are being sought for the Market, which offers fresh produce, baked bread, soups, jellies, jams, honey, plants, fresh flowers, herbs, jewelry, carved wood, bird houses, candles and more...

The Fork & Tavern to Offer Easter Brunch
The Canton restaurant is launching Sunday Brunch, beginning with Easter Sunday...

Sequoyah High School to Present Taste of Sequoyah

Knox Elementary Academic Bowl Team Wins First
The team won first place in the Cherokee County School District competition, winning all four games in a row to go undefeated... 

Etowah High School Students Participate in Prom and Circumstance
The program, which raises awareness about the importance of good decision making, featured Cherokee High School graduate, Matt Blaylock, who suffered a spinal cord injury the night before his high school graduation...

GBI Crime Lab Determines Cause of Double Fatal Car Accident
Rick Dean Headen, 48 years old of Sour Lake, Texas, had a blood alcohol level of .218 when he crashed in an accident on Knox Bridge Highway in February...

Early Morning Accident Results in Fatality
A two-car accident on East Cherokee Drive at 2:30 a.m. Friday morning left a 48-year old man dead, another in critical condition...

Esome Hill Man Arrested for Child Exploitation
Michael Martinez, 59, has been arrested for six counts of child exploitation after investigators found images of child pornography in his office...

Sheriff's Office Receives Donation from Sawnee EMC for Project Lifesaver
A $3,432 check was presented to the Cherokee Sheriff's Foundation for Project Lifesaver, a program that benefits residents with Alzheimers, Down Syndrome or Autism...

Man Arrested in Attempted Armed Robbery
Henry Franklin Rainey, a 52 year old man from Canton, was arrested on Thursday for attempting to rob a local bank...