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 Nationwide search for murder suspect continues - Despite finding his abandoned car, authorities throughout the nation are still on the lookout for local murder suspect John “Woody” Woodring. Woodring is on the run after he shot and killed estranged wife Bonnie Woodring at Sylva’s REACH battered women’s shelter around 9:10 p.m. Sept. 18. He escaped in a blue 2006 Honda Civic that was stolen from a neighbor on Kitchens Branch Road. Authorites believe Wood-ring stole the 12-gauge....
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WCU to celebrate mountain heritage - Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day is guaranteed to be a blast this year – literally – with two exhibitions of black powder musket shooting scheduled among the day’s activities. The 32nd edition of WCU’s annual celebration of traditional mountain culture is set for Saturday, Sept. 30, on the WCU campus. Activities around the old Camp Lab School get under way around 8 a.m., and wind down around 5 p.m. Admission to the festival site is free, and activities go on, rain or shine. As usual, WCU’s Mountain Heritage....
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 Queen family chronicled in new film - Local legend Mary Jane Queen and her mountain music-playing family are gearing up for a national performance. “The Queen Family: Appalachian Tradition & Back Porch Music,” a new documentary produced by the North Carolina Language and Life Project at N.C. State University, is scheduled for national release on public television. The show will air in North Carolina on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 8:30 p.m. on UNC-TV, and will be shown on public television affiliates in more than 40 states Sunday, Oct. 1, at....
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Friday accident claims life of Franklin woman - One person was killed and two others injured in a two-vehicle accident Friday morning (Sept. 22) on U.S. 23-441 near Pumpkintown Road. Belinda Madonia Burdette, 45, of Franklin, died at the scene, according to N.C. Highway Patrol Sgt. Matt Wike. Burdette was traveling north around 7 a.m. when her 1992 Oldsmobile van was struck by a southbound 1999 Nissan Pathfinder that had hydroplaned and crossed into the southbound lanes, Wike said. The driver of the Pathfinder, Gregory Shane Cochran, 35, of Bryson City....
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 SMHS Homecoming Court - A dozen Smoky Mountain High seniors have been chosen for the school’s Homecoming Court. Those selected include, from left, (front row) Martha Savage, Sarah Haggard, Amy Revis, Mandy Revis, Katie Setzer, Chelsea Parham, (back row) Katy Elders, Jenna Carpenter, Natalie Woodard, Kelli Woodard, Amy Haggard and Traci Cogdill. SMHS plans homecoming activities all this week and and will crown its homecoming queen during half-time of this Friday’s (Sept. 29) 7:30 p.m home football game against Tuscola.
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