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 Wisconsin jury finds former WCU student guilty of murder - Former Western Carolina University student Derek Anderson was found guilty Friday (April 7) of killing his father. Anderson, 37, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide after the remains of his 55-year-old father, Allen Krnak, were found in the Moses Creek area of....
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 Presbyterian construction - Construction continued Tuesday (April 11) on a pavilion at First Presbyterian Church. The structure will be used for youth events, barbecues and other outdoor festivities and will link the activities center with the main church building, according to Livingston Kelley, a church officer. Plans are to name the pavilion after Ed and Hortence “Nutty” Wilson, who bequeathed money to the church in their....
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 Final call for photos - This is the final call for entries into The Sylva Herald’s ninth annual “Mountain Spring” photo contest. Photos are due by 5 p.m. today (Thursday), and will be displayed at The Herald office during May and June. Winners will be announced during the Saturday, April 29, downtown Sylva Greening Up the Mountains festival and published in....
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Burton remains Forest Hills’ vice mayor - After much debate, Forest Hills town board members decided to keep the same vice mayor. Sue Burton was unanimously selected to continue her duties during the board’s regular meeting Monday night (April 10). Mayor Jim Davis suggested....
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Herald offices to close Friday - The Sylva Herald newspaper and printing plant offices will be closed on Good Friday, April 14. Deadlines for the Thursday, April 20, edition will remain Monday, April 17, at noon for all classified, legal and real estate advertising and all news submissions....
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Sylva town board asks Denton to explore ways to bridge Scotts Creek - Sylva officials gave town Manager Jay Denton an explicit task during Thursday’s (April 6) meeting: find a way to get a foot bridge over Scotts Creek. Town board members have discussed options for a proposed bridge for more than three years. Citing a lack of progress, officials backed out of an agreement with JB Associates concerning the development and construction of a bridge....
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 WCU Relay nets $19,000 - Kent Briggs, Western Carolina University football coach and a cancer survivor, served as honorary chairman for the campus Relay For Life event, which raised $19,000 for cancer research last Friday (April 7). Briggs missed preseason workouts a year ago while battling neck cancer, but returned to the field in time for the season-opener. Accompanied by his family, Briggs led the inspirational survivors’ lap to open the overnight relay walk at Hinds University Center before joining his squad at the stadium for....
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Campus, surrounding community are invited to WCU master planning meeting - Residents of the communities surrounding Western Carolina University will have an opportunity Monday, April 17, to share their thoughts about a comprehensive master planning effort designed to guide future development of the university’s campus. As part of the master planning process, Woolpert LLP, an architectural and planning firm with extensive experience and a national reputation in campus master planning, is conducting a series of meetings with members of the campus and surrounding....
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