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  • [26-05-2012] 28 apartments damaged in Cherokee fire
    A fire at the Canterbury Ridge apartment complex Friday afternoon destroyed or damaged all 28 units in a single building, a Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services spokesman told the AJC....

  • [26-05-2012] 28 apartments damaged in Cherokee fire
    A fire at the Canterbury Ridge apartment complex Friday afternoon destroyed or damaged all 28 units in a single building, a Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services spokesman told the AJC....

  • [23-05-2012] Habitat dedicates three new houses
    North Central Georgia Habitat for Humanity dedicated three new houses this week at the Villages of Park Creek neighborhood in Woodstock near the Fulton-Cherokee County line....

  • [23-05-2012] Habitat dedicates three new houses
    North Central Georgia Habitat for Humanity dedicated three new houses this week at the Villages of Park Creek neighborhood in Woodstock near the Fulton-Cherokee County line....

  • [23-05-2012] 2 charged in Cherokee cemetery theft
    Two men have been charged in connection with thefts at a cemetery and baseball field in Cherokee County....

  • [23-05-2012] 2 charged in Cherokee cemetery theft
    Two men have been charged in connection with thefts at a cemetery and baseball field in Cherokee County....

  • [23-05-2012] Driver who plowed through Cherokee Co. home charged
    Charges have been filed against an Acworth man who police said was speeding through a Cherokee County neighborhood when he drove a car completely through a house earlier this month....

  • [23-05-2012] Driver who plowed through Cherokee Co. home charged
    Charges have been filed against an Acworth man who police said was speeding through a Cherokee County neighborhood when he drove a car completely through a house earlier this month....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class for 5-25
    Cherokee County's River Ridge High School is one of 240 schools in the nation to receive the Yearbook of Excellence Award from Jostens Yearbooks....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class
    Emily Lam of SKA Academy in Duluth and Raquel Charles of Sequoyah High School in Cherokee County have received National PTA Reflections Outstanding Interpretation awards....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class for 5-25
    Cherokee County's River Ridge High School is one of 240 schools in the nation to receive the Yearbook of Excellence Award from Jostens Yearbooks....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class
    Emily Lam of SKA Academy in Duluth and Raquel Charles of Sequoyah High School in Cherokee County have received National PTA Reflections Outstanding Interpretation awards....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class for 5-25
    Cherokee County's River Ridge High School is one of 240 schools in the nation to receive the Yearbook of Excellence Award from Jostens Yearbooks....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class for 5-25
    Cherokee County's River Ridge High School is one of 240 schools in the nation to receive the Yearbook of Excellence Award from Jostens Yearbooks....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class
    Emily Lam of SKA Academy in Duluth and Raquel Charles of Sequoyah High School in Cherokee County have received National PTA Reflections Outstanding Interpretation awards....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class for 5-25
    Cherokee County's River Ridge High School is one of 240 schools in the nation to receive the Yearbook of Excellence Award from Jostens Yearbooks....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class
    Emily Lam of SKA Academy in Duluth and Raquel Charles of Sequoyah High School in Cherokee County have received National PTA Reflections Outstanding Interpretation awards....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class
    Emily Lam of SKA Academy in Duluth and Raquel Charles of Sequoyah High School in Cherokee County have received National PTA Reflections Outstanding Interpretation awards....

  • [17-05-2012] Best in class
    Emily Lam of SKA Academy in Duluth and Raquel Charles of Sequoyah High School in Cherokee County have received National PTA Reflections Outstanding Interpretation awards....

  • [16-05-2012] Best in class for 5-25
    Cherokee County's River Ridge High School is one of 240 schools in the nation to receive the Yearbook of Excellence Award from Jostens Yearbooks....

  • [16-05-2012] Best in class
    Emily Lam of SKA Academy in Duluth and Raquel Charles of Sequoyah High School in Cherokee County have received National PTA Reflections Outstanding Interpretation awards....

  • [16-05-2012] Best in class for 5-25
    Cherokee County's River Ridge High School is one of 240 schools in the nation to receive the Yearbook of Excellence Award from Jostens Yearbooks....

  • [16-05-2012] Best in class
    Emily Lam of SKA Academy in Duluth and Raquel Charles of Sequoyah High School in Cherokee County have received National PTA Reflections Outstanding Interpretation awards....

  • [12-05-2012] I-75/I-575 toll project close to bidding, again
    Once again, the state is preparing to put the I-75/I-575 toll project out to bid, in June. The project would build optional toll lanes along I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties, from the Perimeter to Hickory Grove Road and to...

  • [12-05-2012] Bear creates a scare in Cherokee County
    A Cherokee County homeowner and a sheriff’s deputy had a too-close encounter with a black bear this week, with the animal at one point stamping its feet and putting a scare into the humans, authorities said....

  • [12-05-2012] I-75/I-575 toll project close to bidding, again
    Once again, the state is preparing to put the I-75/I-575 toll project out to bid, in June. The project would build optional toll lanes along I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties, from the Perimeter to Hickory Grove Road and to...

  • [12-05-2012] I-75/I-575 toll project close to bidding, again
    Once again, the state is preparing to put the I-75/I-575 toll project out to bid, in June. The project would build optional toll lanes along I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties, from the Perimeter to Hickory Grove Road and to...

  • [12-05-2012] Bear creates a scare in Cherokee County
    A Cherokee County homeowner and a sheriff’s deputy had a too-close encounter with a black bear this week, with the animal at one point stamping its feet and putting a scare into the humans, authorities said....

  • [10-05-2012] Cherokee County homeowner finds suspected meth lab set up in garage
    Cherokee County authorities worked late into the night Wednesday evening dismantling a suspected methamphetamine lab discovered in the garage of a home near Woodstock....

  • [10-05-2012] Cherokee County homeowner finds suspected meth lab set up in garage
    Cherokee County authorities worked late into the night Wednesday evening dismantling a suspected methamphetamine lab discovered in the garage of a home near Woodstock....

  • [08-05-2012] Charges expected for man who drove through house
    Charges are pending against the man accused of driving through a Cherokee County home, police said Tuesday....

  • [08-05-2012] Charges expected for man who drove through house
    Charges are pending against the man accused of driving through a Cherokee County home, police said Tuesday....

  • [08-05-2012] Car crashes through house in Cherokee County
    Homeowner Gordon McDowell said he was at work Monday afternoon when he got a call from a neighbor: Someone had driven a car all the way through McDowell's house....

  • [08-05-2012] Car crashes through house in Cherokee County
    Homeowner Gordon McDowell said he was at work Monday afternoon when he got a call from a neighbor: Someone had driven a car all the way through McDowell's house....

  • [04-05-2012] Governor Deal goes to Cherokee to sign charter bill into law
    The fight over the state’s role in charter schools started in many ways at Cherokee Charter Academy....

  • [04-05-2012] Driver and his mom charged in motorcyclist's death in Cherokee
    A 19-year-old Acworth man and his mother are both facing charges related to a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Cherokee County, authorities said Thursday....

  • [04-05-2012] Governor Deal goes to Cherokee to sign charter bill into law
    The fight over the state’s role in charter schools started in many ways at Cherokee Charter Academy....

  • [04-05-2012] Driver and his mom charged in motorcyclist's death in Cherokee
    A 19-year-old Acworth man and his mother are both facing charges related to a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Cherokee County, authorities said Thursday....

  • [04-05-2012] Governor Deal goes to Cherokee to sign charter bill into law
    The fight over the state’s role in charter schools started in many ways at Cherokee Charter Academy....

  • [04-05-2012] Goveror Deal goes to Cherokee to sign charter bill into law
    The fight over the state’s role in charter schools started in many ways at Cherokee Charter Academy....

  • [03-05-2012] Motorcyclist killed in head-on crash with SUV
    A 24-year-old Marietta man sustained fatal injuries Wednesday afternoon when the motorcycle he was driving collided head-on with a sport-utility vehicle in Cherokee County, authorities said....

  • [03-05-2012] Standoff has fatal ending to an ordinary conflict
    The argument that triggered a stand-off ending in the death of a Cherokee County teen was made of ordinary parent-teen trials....

  • [03-05-2012] Motorcyclist killed in head-on crash with SUV
    A 24-year-old Marietta man sustained fatal injuries Wednesday afternoon when the motorcycle he was driving collided head-on with a sport-utility vehicle in Cherokee County, authorities said....

  • [03-05-2012] Motorcyclist killed in head-on crash with SUV
    A 24-year-old Marietta man sustained fatal injuries Wednesday afternoon when the motorcycle he was driving collided head-on with a sport-utility vehicle in Cherokee County, authorities said....

  • [03-05-2012] Standoff has fatal ending to an ordinary conflict
    The argument that triggered a stand-off ending in the death of a Cherokee County teen was made of ordinary parent-teen trials....

  • [02-05-2012] Teen killed by police sniper identified
    An autopsy will be conducted Wednesday on a Cherokee County teenager who authorities said was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy after threatening to shoot his mother....

  • [02-05-2012] A bill passes -- but a battle still rages in Cherokee over charter schools
    For 10 months a battle has raged in Cherokee County over charter schools. A bill passed by the legislature putting a charter school amendment on the ballot November has done little to clear the smoke or diffuse the heat....

  • [02-05-2012] Teen killed by police sniper identified
    An autopsy will be conducted Wednesday on a Cherokee County teenager who authorities said was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy after threatening to shoot his mother....

  • [02-05-2012] A bill passes -- but a battle still rages in Cherokee over charter schools
    For 10 months a battle has raged in Cherokee County over charter schools. A bill passed by the legislature putting a charter school amendment on the ballot November has done little to clear the smoke or diffuse the heat....

  • [02-05-2012] A bill passes -- but a battle still rages in Cherokee over charter schools
    For 10 months a battle has raged in Cherokee County over charter schools. A bill passed by the legislature putting a charter school amendment on the ballot November has done little to clear the smoke or diffuse the heat....

  • [02-05-2012] Deputy shoots, kills teen who threatened mom
    A Cherokee County teenager who threatened to shoot his mother died after being shot by a sheriff's deputy Tuesday evening, authorities said....

  • [02-05-2012] Deputy shoots, kills teen who threatened mom
    A Cherokee County teenager who threatened to shoot his mother died after being shot by a sheriff's deputy Tuesday evening, authorities said....

  • [01-05-2012] Document Links Warren To Cherokee Heritage
    A genealogist has uncovered evidence that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren does have Native American heritage as she claims....

  • [01-05-2012] County by county for Tuesday
    COBB County seeks to fill job openings today The Georgia Department of Labor’s Cobb-Cherokee Career Center at 465 Big Shanty Rd....