Three Cherokee County parks are getting new pavilions. Calm Waters Inc. will construct a pavilion at Hunkey Mauldin Sports Complex, one at Cherokee Veterans Park near the playground, and one at Patriots Park near the playground. Funding for the pavilion at Hunkey
ROSWELL — The GBI is assisting the Roswell Police Department with identifying additional sexual assault victims in an ongoing criminal investigation. The Roswell Police Department arrested 63-year-old Robert Vandel, of Canton, on multiple charges, including rape and aggravated child molestation in September. Investigators
Detectives with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office have identified the two teenage victims of a shooting that occurred Sunday morning on Victoria Road. The 19-year-old victim, who was shot in the hand and elbow, was identified as Jaden Simmons, of Mableton. The 14-year-old, who
A husband and wife from Chicago who had just finished eating at a restaurant and were walking back to their hotel were hit by a car as they were crossing the street Thursday night. Cherokee County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Highway
CANTON — A high school homecoming parade could make you late coming home from work if you don’t plan ahead. The Cherokee High School Homecoming Parade will start at about 4 p.m. today. The parade will involve road closures and is expected
Cherokee County officials are asking for your input on what you would like to see at several new parks in Northeast Cherokee County. The Northeast Cherokee County Parks plan will focus on three parcels of land in northeast Cherokee where new park
CANTON — Starting Monday, the City of Canton Police Department began using speed detection devices to enforce the speed limit at Cherokee High School, at 930 Marietta Hwy. The speed detection uses automated school zone cameras that were installed this summer. Automated
Accused Metro Atlanta spa shooter Robert Aaron Long pleaded not guilty today in a Fulton County courtroom to the killing four women at metro Atlanta spas in March. Long pleaded guilty in Cherokee County in July for killing four people at Young’s Asian Massage
An 85-year-old Ball Ground man died in a crash when the man’s Kia and a semi-truck on Matt Highway in Forsyth County. The crash occurred at about 8:38 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection Matt Highway and Old Federal Road. According to the
Metro Atlanta residents awoke Wednesday morning to flooding brought about by heavy rains Tuesday night. Flash flood warnings were in effect in the early morning hours and many commuters found themselves either unable to leave their homes or having to take alternate
ROSWELL — The Roswell Police Department has arrested a former local charter school teacher on rape charges, and is encouraging any additional victims to come forward. On Tuesday, August 31, Roswell Police Officers began an investigation into the sexual assault of a child,
CANTON — A Canton man was sentenced to 70 years with the first 25 of those years to be served in confinement for an attack on his ex-wife in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. According to the Cherokee County
WOODSTOCK — When voters head to the polls in November for Woodstock’s city elections, they will not have any difficult decisions to make. That’s because every candidate will be running unopposed. It may have escaped most residents, but before you can run
Students in Cherokee County’s elementary, middle, and high schools were busy reading during the summer, as they took part in the school district’s summer reading challenge. The school district announced the winners of the challenge this week and the hours spent reading
Metro Atlanta spa shooter Robert Aaron Long pleaded guilty today in a Cherokee County courtroom to killing four people at Young’s Asian Massage. The guilty plea is part of a plea bargain with the Cherokee District Attorney’s office and covers the charges
