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Things to do in Cherokee County Thursday, June 20
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The SO-COOL (School’s Out-Camp of Organized Learning), sponsored by Centre Rotary Club is now being held each weekday, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the National Guard Armory in ...
Arrest Report Thursday, June 20
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Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days: -Carlton R. Latty for failure to appear on charge of no seat belt and burglary in the third degree. -Bradley C. Reyno...
High speed pursuit leads to drug arrest
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According to Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver, Narcotics Unit agents from Cherokee and Dekalb Counties thwarted a possible drug deal near Little River National Preserve Tuesday, June 18. Agent...
Longtime Investigator Danny Smith retires from District Attorney's Office
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Cherokee County District Attorney Mike O’Dell announced that Danny Smith officially retired from his service as a DA Investigator on May 31, 2013. “Danny’s departure ends a longtime career of disti...
CELEBRATING, REMEMBERING, FIGHTING BACK. Relay For Life participants light sky lanterns to be released in honor of those who have won their battle with cancer and in memory of those who have lost their battle during the recent 2013 event held at Cherokee County High School Stadium.
CELEBRATING, REMEMBERING, FIGHTING BACK. Relay For Life participants light sky lanterns to be released in honor of those who have won their battle with cancer and in memory of those who have lost their battle during the recent 2013 event held at Cherokee County High School Stadium.
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Relay for Life honors cancer survivors and fighters
by Terry Dean
Jun 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
What began as one rainy Friday afternoon ended well for the American Cancer Society and the Cherokee County Relay For Life Committee recently as members were pleased to hold the 2013 event outside ...
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« concernedcitizen500 wrote on Monday, Jun 17 at 06:40 PM »
Wrong title. Where's mrs. Kathy's Obituary?
« ceray24 wrote on Tuesday, Apr 30 at 09:16 AM »
The Pole Vault was won by Shane Hall with a 10ft jump.
« dwardawea wrote on Wednesday, Apr 03 at 02:56 PM »
Studies show that wind power is a safe energy source that benefits public health. Wind power developers regularly engage with local communities to ensure approved siting regulations are in place. Plus wind power is approved by a majority of Americans, ranging from 66 percent to 77 percent in support of wind power. Their reasons are simple, by adding wind power we are putting thousands of Americans to work (up to 75,000 currently), saving ratepayers money on their electric bills, and keeping the environment clean for humans and animals alike. A study released in January 2012 by the Massachusetts departments of Environmental Protection and Public Health issued a definitive scientific analysis that refutes several myths about sound perpetuated by wind energy opponents. Two new international studies have concluded that by power of suggestion a “nocebo” effect takes place, where individuals spread the ills they claim to have from supposed wind turbine infrasound. The “Nocebo” (like placebo) is a perceived impact on one’s health as result of hearing complaints about sound emitting from wind turbines that otherwise wouldn’t take place. In one recent study that looked at complaints over a 20-year period at every wind farm in Australia, complaints about sound were concentrated to areas heavily criticized by anti-wind groups. And complaints escalated sharply only once anti-wind groups arrived. These studies add weight to the growing body of credible science, which reinforces the studies and statements from government health organizations around the world that have noted there is no direct health effect associated with the sounds from wind turbines. David Ward, American Wind Energy Association
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Murkowski becomes third Republican U.S. senator to back gay marriage

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits next to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski during the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in KirunaBy Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska publicly backed gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the third Republican senator to do so as she spoke out ahead of potentially landmark rulings from the Supreme Court on the issue. Murkowski, 56, wrote in an essay posted on her Senate website that her decision was swayed, in part, by meeting a lesbian couple from Anchorage, one of whom was in the National Guard, who had adopted four children. "This first-class Alaskan family still lives a second-class existence," Murkowski said in her essay. ...


2013-06-19 16:59:11 -0400
New York strikes deal to allow Las Vegas-style casinos

Gamers play the slot machines at the Empire City Casino in Yonkers, New YorkBy Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on Wednesday. The agreement would amend the state constitution to legalize public, non Native American casino gambling with an initial four Las-Vegas style casinos in the Hudson Valley, the Binghamton area and the Albany region. Until now, New York has allowed table gambling only on Native American tribal land or slot machine gambling at horse racing tracks. ...


2013-06-19 16:01:56 -0400
New York men accused of plotting to build radiation weapon
By T.G. Branfalt Jr. ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - Two New York men are accused of plotting to produce a lethal radiation weapon and trying to sell it to a Jewish group and the Ku Klux Klan, according to a federal complaint unsealed on Wednesday. Glendon Scott Crawford and Eric Feight were arrested on tips from informants in the groups that Crawford allegedly solicited about developing the weapon, the 66-page complaint said. ...
2013-06-19 16:44:45 -0400
Baby-size burritos lead to unusual photos
America’s problem with portion size has sparked a strange new photo trend, one in which parents set their newborn babies alongside massive burritos on restaurant tabletops. According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, a Mexican restaurant in Seattle, Wash., is saying that any diners who take photos of their babies next to one of the restaurant's [...]
2013-06-19 16:51:08 -0400

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