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 Robbery hospitalizes three; deputies shoot suspect - An armed robbery in Cullowhee led to three injured victims and a suspect dead after a confrontation with law enforcement officers nine hours later. According to Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe, the assailant, Dewann Christopher McCollum, entered China Dragon restaurant on old....
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Coin flip decides Forest Hills race; Davis is mayor - With the race still deadlocked after Tuesday’s official vote canvass, local election officials turned to George Washington to decide who would be Forest Hills’ mayor. Incumbent Jim Davis, who called “heads” in the two-out-of-three coin toss, was declared the winner after the first U.S. president’s head....
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Dillsboro voters say ‘yes’ to on-premises beer, wine - The voters have spoken, and Dillsboro restaurants will soon be able to offer their customers beer and wine. The initiative easily passed last Tuesday (Nov. 8), with residents voting to allow the sales by a 38-17 margin for beer and a 39-15 margin for non-fortified wine. The referendum was for on-premises....
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Herald to close for holiday; early deadlines in effect - The Sylva Herald will publish a day early next week due to the Nov. 24 Thanksgiving holiday. Special newspaper publishing deadlines will be in effect. Holiday deadlines will be: Society news – Noon today (Thursday, Nov. 17) All other news – Noon Friday, Nov. 18. Classified, real....
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 Honoring veterans - Jackson County honored its veterans Friday during a noon Veterans Day ceremony at the Courthouse fountain. American Legion members (top photo), including Lyman Parker, left, and L.C. Bumgarner, presented the colors, and Sylva Mayor Brenda Oliver (left in lower photo) presided over a program that included brief remarks from Commissioners’ Chairman Brian McMahan, second from left, and the....
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Timeline: From crime scene to death of suspect McCollum - These pictures capture the dramatic events that unfolded in Cullowhee between 9 a.m. and noon on Tuesday, Dec. 15, when Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputies and agents with the State Bureau of Investigation located a suspect on the run after a pre-dawn robbery/shooting that left three injured. After the suspect, identified Tuesday evening as 32-year-old Dewann Christopher McCollum of Fayetteville, was....
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