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Canton man arrested after agents find cache of allegedly illegal guns
When Cherokee County agents searched the Canton home of Joseph Poss on Wednesday, they found no illegal drugs. But the agents didn’t come away empty handed. They seized 46 weapons, at least eight believed to be fully-automatic assault rifles and many of which were “clearly altered illegally,” Cherokee sheriff’s Lt. ...
Cherokee school board member sanctioned, fined $3,600
Cherokee County school board member Kelly Marlow has been sanctioned for violating two of the board’s ethics policies and fined $3,600 — half of her $7,200 annual school board salary. She is expected to appeal. During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, the Cherokee board found that Marlow violated its code of ...
Cherokee Head Start endangered by federal shutdown
Three Cherokee County preschools will shut down after classes Friday, unless the federal government shutdown ends or some other federal action restores funding. The Head Start Programs at the Ralph Bunche Center, Little River Pre-K and Oak Grove Pre-K use teachers and support staff paid with federal money, said Cherokee ...
Cherokee board sanctions member for ethics violations
The Cherokee County Board of Education voted to sanction board member Kelly Marlow for violating a pair of board ethics policies. The board voted 5-2 that Marlow ran afoul of a policy placing board authority with the group as a whole, not individual members. The board also voted 6-1 that ...
Woodstock man wins $5 million
Gregg Barnes thought he was seeing things. The 50-year-old Woodstock man bought a Georgia Lottery ticket on his lunch break, scratched it in his car, and realized he was a $5 million winner. “It hasn’t sunk in yet,” the father of two said. Barnes cashed in playing the instant game ...
Suspect in woman’s disappearance kills self
What began as one police agency assisting another with finding a missing person took a bizarre twist Tuesday. Both the missing person and the suspect were dead in two different states, leaving investigators to piece together what happened. An Alabama sheriff’s office notified the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office about a ...
Armed robbery, fire reported at Woodstock game store
Police believe several suspects robbed a Cherokee County game store late Sunday morning and then set the building on fire. Investigators were called to the Play N Trade store at 2990 Eagle Drive around 11:45 a.m. to investigate a possible armed robbery, according to Sgt. Randy Milligan with Woodstock police. ...
Cherokee High’s marching band receives coveted invite
The Cherokee High School Marching Band of Warriors has accepted a coveted invitation to perform in the largest New Year’s Day parade in the world in London in 2015. Catherine Longworth, the former Lord Mayor of Westminster, and Robert Bone, executive director of London’s New Year’s Day parade, traveled to ...
Missing Woodstock man found dead
A 40-year-old Cherokee County man reported missing Sunday was found dead Thursday, the sheriff’s office said. Jay Gerald Gentry, of Woodstock, was found in a vehicle behind an abandoned church on Turner Hill Road, Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said. A Georgia State Patrol helicopter pilot ...
Public attendance to be limited for Kelly Marlow hearing
Only 100 members of the public will be admitted to the ethics hearing for Cherokee County Board of Education member Kelly Marlow next week. The hearing officer also says no audience signs or demonstrations will be allowed during the quasi-judicial proceeding. Marlow has been accused of improperly contacting the district‘s ...
Holly Springs votes to reduce millage rate
Holly Springs home and business owners will be getting a slight break on property taxes for 2014. The City Council this week voted to lower the millage rate from 6.055 to an even 6 mills, a move made possible by growth in the city’s tax digest. City Manager Rob Logan ...
Woodstock police seek help with missing man
The Woodstock Police Department is asking for public assistance in locating a missing Woodstock man. Jay Gentry was last seen Sunday at his home around 7 p.m. He left in a gray 2011 Honda Element with Georgia tag number AUS 1259, police said. Gentry is described as a 5-foot-10, 225-pound ...
Flying drive shaft kills woman, 77
A Cherokee County woman died Monday after being hit by a truck’s drive shaft that flew through her windshield.Anne Hudson, 77, of Canton, was a passenger in a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox driven by her husband when she was struck shortly before 10:30 a.m. on I-24 in Rutherford County, Tenn., the ...
Otis Nixon briefly returns to jail
Former Atlanta Braves outfielder Otis Nixon spent a few hours behind bars this week in Cherokee County. But this time, it wasn’t because of anything he did, according to police. That’s because the company that previously backed Nixon’s bond decided it no longer would do so, according to the Cherokee ...
Cherokee mother, boyfriend charged in child’s death
A toddler died in October after being found unconscious at the foot of the basement stairs in a Cherokee County home.The mother of 17-month-old Kaylee Rayne Johnson and the mother’s boyfriend were arrested Friday in connection with the toddler’s death, authorities said.Jamie Beck, 23, and Michael Naples, 31, were both ...
Cherokee County high school student killed in predawn wreck
A Creekview High School senior was killed Friday in a predawn wreck in Cherokee County.Cheyenne Gabrielle Heard, 17, of Canton, was eastbound on Ga. 20 when she ran off the roadway and struck a culvert around 3:30 a.m. Friday, according to the Georgia State Patrol.The 2000 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck ...
FBI arrests L.A. fugitive in Cherokee County
A man wanted on an attempted murder charge in Los Angeles was arrested Thursday night in Cherokee County, the FBI announced. Raymond G. Berry, 50, was taken into custody without incident in Woodstock by Atlanta FBI agents and task force members from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. A warrant for ...
Students from Cobb, Cherokee counties win scholarships
Allianz Life Insurance Co.of North America has awarded $3,000 scholarships to the children of two employees living in Georgia. The scholarships are based on academic performance and community service participation in areas such as social welfare and education. Local recipients are Mackenzie Jones and Andrew Elson. Jones is a graduate ...
Judge: Bartow mom of kidnapped child ‘working on her issues’
A Bartow County infant will remain in foster care until his mother can, among other things, address her drug addiction, a juvenile court judge said Thursday. When 8-month-old William Kaidyn Stover was kidnapped earlier this month, his alleged abductor, Samantha Barrett, led police on a wild and dangerous chase before ...
6 accused of multiple crimes in Cherokee County
Cherokee County police have linked six people to numerous crimes, including 22 auto break-ins. Christopher Eriquezzo, 19, Andrew Brooks, 22, Kody Allison, 19, and Bethany Copley, 17, all of Woodstock, were all arrested and booked into the Cherokee County jail, Brittany Duncan, spokeswoman for Woodstock police, said Thursday afternoon. All ...
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