Making the Grade  05/16/2008
The first round of teachers participating in the Cherokee County School District's Teach 21 program now is fully trained in using innovative technology in the classroom.

Body found in Avery woods  05/16/2008
An autopsy today is expected to determine if a body found in the woods in the Avery community on Thursday morning belongs to a missing Forsyth County man.

House sales drop in April  05/16/2008
Home sales in Cherokee County are behind from the previous month, but experts are anticipating the market soon will grow hotter.

Republicans abandon Bush on food, energy  05/16/2008
WASHINGTON - President Bush's calls for fiscal responsibility received scant notice this week on Capitol Hill. Fellow Republicans had something bigger on their minds - high prices for groceries and gasoline in an election year that is looking increasingly bleak for their party.

Congress nixes war fund bill  05/16/2008
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led House on Thursday rejected more funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as many Republicans angry over the majority party's tactics sat out the vote. It did approve more money for the jobless and an expansion of GI education benefits.

Furry Guardian Angel  05/15/2008
With the help of man's best friend, a Canton Police officer's son now can better manage a life-threatening illness.

Perdue signs tax freeze legislation  05/15/2008
Cherokee County voters in July will get to cast ballots on whether to freeze local property tax assessments.

Officials seeking robbery suspects  05/15/2008
A Woodstock woman told police she pretended to be shot to survive a home invasion and robbery.

Clinton’s W.Va. victory does little to slow Obama  05/15/2008
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - Hours after being routed by Hillary Rodham Clinton in West Virginia, Barack Obama picked up two more superdelegates, offering fresh recognition from Democratic leaders of his inevitable nomination.

Epicenter of the quake  05/15/2008
HANWANG, China - Rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of China's massive earthquake, scouring flattened mountain villages for thousands of victims and distributing air-dropped supplies to survivors.