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Arrest Report Sunday, May 19
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days: -Melissa N. Williams for theft of property in the third degree. -Christopher S. Stubbs for unlawful possession of con...
Things to do in Cherokee County for the weekend of Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Saturday, May 18 The Cherokee Rose Garden Club’s Annual Garden Walk is this Saturday, May 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., starting at the Cedar Bluff Community Center, 3413 Old Highway 9, Cedar Bluff, ...
Arrest Report Saturday, May 18
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days: -Donna L. Bailey on 48 hour court order. -Tommy T. Ray for assault in the third degree. -Stephen A. Frier for thef...
Board of Education to meet Tuesday, May 21
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The next meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Education is Tuesday, May 21, 2013 and will be held at the Central Office. The Board Meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and items on the agenda include: ...
Board restores teachers’ pay cut by Reduction in Force plan
by Terry Dean
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Cherokee County Board of Education has restored teacher contracts that were cut in 2011 as part of a Reduction in Force (RIF) plan. Teachers filed suit shortly afterward to restore their contra...
Seth Neyman named Cherokee County High School principal
by Terry Dean
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Cherokee County Board of Education has appointed Seth Neyman as the next Cherokee County High School principal. The board officially appointed Neyman during its Tuesday, May 7 meeting. Neyman p...
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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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People wait in line to purchase Powerball lottery tickets at the Port Authority bus station in New YorkBy Karen Brooks and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won or where in the state the ticket was bought. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11, and the odds of winning were put at one in 175 million. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a suburb of Tampa, according to CNN. ...


Sun May 19 08:49:09 UTC 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during dedication ceremonies at State Department in WashingtonBy Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda placed a bounty on her husband's head, Mary Feierstein learned of it from a friend who called and said, "You must be a mess!" U.S. Ambassador Gerald Feierstein was thousands of miles (km) away at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, without his wife and family on what is called an "unaccompanied" posting. He is one of more than a thousand U.S. diplomats on such tours of duty in danger spots around the world, part of a trend that is changing the definition of being a diplomat. ...


Sun May 19 05:53:32 UTC 2013

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagel and Gen. Dempsey hold media briefing in WashingtonBy Tabassum Zakaria and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure to fight sexual assault, the U.S. armed forces in recent years rolled out education programs about proper sexual conduct through methods like role playing and video games. The increase in education has nevertheless failed to prevent what the nation's top general called last week "a crisis" after the Pentagon reported a 37 percent jump in the estimated number of sexual assault cases in 2012. ...


Sun May 19 01:25:33 UTC 2013
A series of 16 violent tornadoes ransacked north Texas this week, killing six people and flattening entire neighborhoods. Seven people who were reported missing early Friday morning have now been accounted for, but the storms aren't over yet. Severe thunderstorms are expected late Friday in Alabama and Mississippi, and the Plains and the Midwest face [...]
Fri May 17 20:53:22 UTC 2013

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