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Put away all those Black & Gold “Vote Yes” yard signs and end the newspaper ad campaign in the Chronicle Times. They worked. Cherokee School District voters overwhelmingly approved a $12 million Bond Referendum Tuesday calling for construction of a new PK-4 elementary building affixed to the Middle School. The successful bond passage sets the ceiling cost at $12 million, with final design and construction costs not to exceed that amount...

The big picture. We’re taught by our teachers from second grade on to look at the big picture. When we were growing up, our parents and grandparents told us to look at the big picture. As adults entering the work place and beginning our careers, bosses and supervisors and fellow workers caution us about seeing the big picture...

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Cherokee County will be at the Cherokee Fairgrounds at 5:00 PM., Saturday, September 22nd. They will have traditional Relay for Life activities with a new twist. There will be a community supper with free will offering from 5:00 to 6:30. PM. Recognition of sponsors, the Opening Ceremony and the Survivor Lap will take place at 7:00 PM...

Kee-Stirs, a play on words, is the new name for a new bar in Cherokee which officially opened for business last weekend. Dawn Miller and Justin Bigley will operate “Kee-Stirs” in the VFW building on Maple Street here. Miller said the facility has undergone extreme cleaning and several new things are in the works...

Trent (Bug) McClaren was diagnosed with Nodular Lymphocyte Predominate Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on June 20th and will be doing chemo until December 17. For a young husband, father, and worker, this was devastating news. A good outcome is expected: however getting through the fight will be a struggle. He is currently employed at Fareway in Cherokee and a member of the Army Reserves. Work has been increasingly difficult and eventually he will need to stop altogether...

Cherokee County Hunger Stomp is back. It occurred the first time in 2015 when the requested $10,000 donation was used to package 50,000 meals, then deemed a huge success. In 2016 thousands more were raised to pack 60,000 meals. After taking a break in 2017 to help out with the flooding in Texas, this year the Cherokee County Ministries brought back the event...

The connection between quarterback Kaden Ladwig and receiver Cooper Dejean proved to be too much for the Braves to handle as Dejean caught two touchdowns on five receptions and 120 yards as the OABCIG Falcons took down the Braves 32-18 on Friday night in Cherokee...

The hue and cry was telling last week about a Cherokee County Deputy shooting and killing a dog classified as “dangerous” that had reportedly attacked two other dogs, killing one of them, the day before. We have received unsubstantiated reports that the shot dog had threatened or attempted to attack other people and other dogs in the past. We do not know this or make any allegations, but are simply reporting information passed on by credible sources, including law enforcement and other citizens...

A Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputy has been fired after allegedly shooting and killing a dog on Aug. 10 that reportedly had attacked two other dogs on Aug. 9, killing one of them. Cherokee County Deputy Sheriff Alec Wolf was fired after an internal investigation by Sheriff Jerod Clyde and his department. The dog allegedly shot by Wolf was reportedly owned by Austin Johnson of rural Cleghorn...