Updated Press Release: Suspect charged with theft of 25 air conditioning...
Evelyn Elizabeth Gausepohl The following press release has been issued by Murphy Police Department. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.Press Release from Murphy...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office Arrests Suspect Posing as Attorney
The following press release has been issued by Towns County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.On Tuesday, June 13, 2017, deputies with the...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office Arrests Aggravated Assault Suspect
The following press release has been issued by Towns County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 deputies with the...
View ArticleDouble fatality on Hwy 294 in Cherokee County
The following press release has been issued by North Carolina State Highway Patrol.On Wednesday, June 14 at approximately 2:46 pm, Trooper Robertson was dispatched by Newtown Communications to a double...
View ArticleMissing Man Located Safely
The following press release has been issued by Towns County Sheriff's Office.On Friday evening, June 16th, a call came into the Towns County 911 Center of an elderly man who had wandered off from a...
View ArticleBreaking & Entering, Meth, Stolen Car, Stolen Firearms, Chase, Fugitive...
The following press releases have been issued by Clay County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. On Tuesday June 13, 2017, Clay County Deputies...
View ArticleU.S. Forest Service Announces Ginseng Permit Process for 2017
The Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests announced today that forest visitors have until July 19 to submit contact information to a ranger district office to participate in the lottery to receive a...
View ArticleLocal Sheriff Offers Tips for a Safe July 4th Holiday
With the July 4th Holiday approaching, Cherokee County Sheriff Derrick Palmer asks all citizens to join him in making this Fourth of July holiday happy, enjoyable and safe for everyone.Cherokee County...
View ArticleFireworks Prohibited on National Forests
US Forest Service officials remind residents, visitors and campers that fireworks are prohibited on National Forests in North Carolina.The possession or discharge of all types of fireworks and other...
View ArticleMurphy Man Arrested for Trafficking in Methamphetine
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced...
View ArticleCherokee County Couple Once Again Charged with Trafficking Meth
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.Murphy, NC— Cherokee County Sheriff Derrick...
View ArticleMurphy Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexual Assault of a Child
The following press release has been issued by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced that a Cherokee County Superior Court jury found Mark Edwin Jones, a...
View ArticleFlyover Locates Marijuana Plants
The following press release has been issued by Clay County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Sheriff Davis said on Wednesday July 26, 2017,...
View ArticleBody of Hayesville Man Located After Search
The following press release has been issued by Towns County Sheriff's Office.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE8/16/2017Towns County search and rescue personnel located the body of John Brandon Eller, age 22 of...
View ArticleMan Arrested for Using Cards from Stolen Purse
Joshua Morgan The following press release has been issued by Clay County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.On Thursday August 10, 2017, Joshua...
View ArticleBurglary Suspect Apprehended
Nathan Brice Garrett of Hayesville NC. Charged with Burglary, Criminal Trespass, Possession of Tools for the Commission of a Crime, and Obstructing Law Enforcement Officers The following press release...
View ArticleDrug Deal Gone Bad, Gunfire Exchanged
The following press release has been issued by Clay County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.On Saturday August 19, 2017, Clay County...
View ArticleBreaking and Entering Suspect Arrested
The following press release has been issued by Clay County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. On the morning of Monday August 21, 2017,...
View ArticleRise in Rabies in Cherokee County
August 23, 2017Murphy, NC -- After recording only 2 cases of rabies in wild animals at the Cherokee County Health Department (CCHD) in the three-year period of 2014 through 2016, CCHD has found 3...
View ArticleBear-Proof Canisters Strongly Recommended on Nantahala Ranger District
FRANKLIN, N.C., August 23, 2017 - Due to an increase in close and serious bear encounters in Panthertown and along the Appalachian Trail, the Nantahala Ranger District is strongly recommending that...
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