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Banks robbed Monday in Cashiers, Tuesday in Sylva - Bank robberies in Sylva and Cashiers disturbed Jackson County’s pre-holiday cheer. Downtown Sylva was shocked Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 20) shortly after 4 p.m. as word spread of a robbery at SunTrust, which is located in the building that housed First Union until a few years ago. Sylva Police officers, assisted by personnel from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office....
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 And the winner is ... - Wes Stone of Cullowhee, left, submitted the grand-prize winning photo in The Sylva Herald’s first-ever “A Child’s Christmas” photo contest. With him is his son Tucker, 3, and the picture was taken by Stone’s wife, Suzanne, on the day the family went to select this year’s Christmas....
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Sylva officials choose Knotts to serve on TWSA board - For the second time in less than a year, a government body declined to reappoint the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority chairman. Sylva officials reversed a Dec. 1 decision and chose not to reappoint Lynda Sossamon to the TWSA board. In place of Sossamon, Sylva officials appointed recently-elected town board member Stacy Knotts to serve on TWSA’s....
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Local churches plan Christmas services - Several local churches are planning special services for Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, and Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25. See article for times & dates.
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Officials may name football coach Friday - Local school officials will reconvene on the Friday before Christmas to act on personnel recommendations that may include hiring a new football coach for the county’s largest school. According to Superintendent Sue Nations, the Jackson County Board of Education’s Dec. 19 meeting was recessed rather than adjourned to allow board members to meet later in the week. A decision on hiring a new football coach at Smoky Mountain High School is likely at that time, Nations said.“This board is fully committed, and so am I, to getting the....
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Dillsboro is denied flood recovery funds - More than a year after Hurricanes Frances and Ivan forced Scotts Creek over its banks and into Dillsboro’s business district, town officials and residents are still working to find money to rebuild. The town applied for grant money from the Rural Economic Development Center earlier this year. The center was given $5 million by state officials to help with economic recovery in small towns affected by the storms. Dillsboro’s application, along with others from towns across the state, has gone through a review process and is currently....
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 Angels sing in interfaith drama - Members of the Angel Chorus (top photo), from left, Elizabeth Vickery, Kendall Wike, Rebecca Fox, Ally Vickery and Megan Nicholson sing during this year’s interfaith drama, “Mary Did You Know,” which was staged Dec. 9 and 10 at Cullowhee Baptist Church. Now in its eighth year, the Trail of Light interfaith drama team production featured a 50-member cast and crew derived from area congregations. “Mary Did You Know,” the story of Jesus from birth until maturity brought “a time of peace and refection as to what the Christmas season is all about,” according to some....
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