Earlier today, David Crawford Jr., the owner of Model Tees Screen Printing and The Post, finalized terms to purchase the Cherokee County Herald from Marietta-Ga.-based Times Journal, Inc. and restore local ownership of the county's oldest weekly newspaper for the first time since 1988.

By Sheriff Jimmy Harris

The Family Care Center in the Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center in Centre includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for …

Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days:

Dekalb County law enforcement agents are investigating a shooting reported in the Kilpatrick Community this past Sunday, June 30.

MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded almost $1.8 million in grant funding to help the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency enforce traffic safety laws, provide training and upgrade equipment.

By Terry Dean

Woodmen of the World Chapter 436 recently made some special presentations to Troop 247 Boy Scouts.

By Diane Traister

Alabama, AL, July 31- Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have risen 3.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.02/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,348 gas outlets in Alabama. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.5 cents per gallon…

Cherokee County Deputy Thomas Key and Deputy Hunter Brisendine attempted to serve arrest warrants for Ryan J. Robertson, at a residence on Highway 273 on July 26, 2017. The suspect fled on foot from the residence and the deputies quickly apprehended him.

A Dekalb County deputy was treated and released for injuries he received after striking a bull late Thursday evening, July 27. The accident occurred around midnight on Alabama Highway 75 in Fyffe.

(Washington, DC)—Congressman Mike Rogers congratulated the men and women of the Mt. Weisner Volunteer Fire Department for receiving a $242,858 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, funding Rogers said would help the Cherokee County fire department purchase a new firefighting vehicle.

MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey awarded a $60,000 grant to continue support of an electronic system designed to ensure Alabamians needing emergency medical assistance are receiving timely and quality care.

Johnny Usry, former owner of Cherokee Memory Gardens has been arrested again. Cherokee Detention Center records indicate Usry was arrested Thursday, July 27, around 10:10 a.m. and charged with two counts of theft by deception in the second degree and one count of theft by deception int he fi…

The Family Care Center at 1014 West Main St. includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for your help by supporting i…

Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days:

MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $171,278 grant to help continue the services of a statewide prosecutor specializing in traffic safety cases.

Local law enforcement agents have arrested a Spring Garden man on kidnapping and domestic violence charges.

The Family Care Center in the Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center in Centre includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for …

Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days:

About 11:30 am Tuesday, July 25, Little River Canyon staff responded to a report of a visitor that was visibly distressed below the falls. The visitor had washed over the falls and sustained major injuries. Fischer Rescue and DeKalb County Ambulance Service were also dispatched. A helicopter…

CENTRE — Two men have been arrested in a kidnapping which began in Subligna on Monday and ended at a residence in Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

The Family Care Center in the Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center in Centre includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for …

Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days:

The Family Care Center in the Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center in Centre includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for …

Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days:

On July 19, following an investigation by DeKalb County Sheriff ‘s Office and DeKalb County Drug Task Force, Belinda Sue Lewis, 49 of Rainsville, was arrested on three counts of distribution of controlled substance and conspiracy in controlled substance crime. Lewis is a former employee of T…

Alabama, AL, July 24- Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have risen 2.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.00/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,348 gas outlets in Alabama. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.1 cents per gallon…

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey and Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate is 4.6 percent, down from May’s rate of 4.9 percent, and significantly lower than June 2016’s rate of 5.8 perc…

The next meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Education is Tuesday, July 25, 2017 and will be held at the Central Office.

The Family Care Center at 1014 West Main St. includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for your help by supporting i…

Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days

On July 18th, Sylvania Police assisted DeKalb County Drug Task Force in going to a residence on 7th Street North in Sylvania to serve Federal arrest warrants for Trafficking in Marijuana and Illegal Possession of Firearms on Eric Shane Freeman, 48 of Sylvania. Once at the residence and makin…

DeKalb County Sheriff’s Investigators has had an ongoing investigation on Joseph Wayne Willis, 31, of Fort Payne for the burglary that occurred on County Road 270 in Fort Payne back in June. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office has a warrant for Willis for this burglary.

The Family Care Center in the Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center in Centre includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for …

-Stacy Chris Kelley for theft by deception in the first degree and promoting prison contraband in the second degree.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and several local pharmacies, including Dean’s, Johnson’s, The Medicine Shoppe, and CVS, have teamed up to take back unneeded and expired prescription drugs. They are providing a safe in a secure location at the Sheriff's Office to take unwanted drugs and…

The Family Care Center in the Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center in Centre includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for …

Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days:

The Family Care Center in the Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center in Centre includes a Thrift Store open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Family Care Center helps others by giving clothing, food and possibly hope to families in their time of need. The Center asks for …

Alabama, AL, July 17- Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have risen 1.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.96/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,348 gas outlets in Alabama. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.7 cents per gallon in…

Macedonia Baptist Church is hosting Baptist Training Union at 9 a.m. For more information call 256-557-9301.

Local law enforcement agents have made the following arrests in recent days:

On Wednesday morning, July 12, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to assist in locating and arresting Craig Avery Carrell, 43, from the Higdon community of DeKalb County. Carrell was wanted on two felony warrants issued in Georgia ch…

On July 9, deputies and Ider Police Officers conducted a driver license check point at the intersection of Dekalb County Road 169 and Dekalb County Road 812 in Bryant. When Christi Ruth Allison, 46, of Flat Rock and Charles Wooten, 63, of Trenton pulled up to the check point, the deputies an…

On Saturday, July 8, the DeKalb County sheriff’s Office received a call to go do a welfare check of a child, due to possible drug activity at a residence. When Deputies and Geraldine Police Officers arrived at the door of the residence they detected a strong odor of Marijuana. Once inside th…

On July 1, 2017, deputies were called to a residence on Dekalb County Road 221 concerning a suspicious vehicle. Once on scene, deputies discovered the home had been broken into. Inside the home deputies located two suspects asleep in a bedroom as well as a bag of methamphetamine, marijuana, …