Cherokee County News

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. -- Cherokee County police said they have arrested a man for the fifth time for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Cherokee County is Encouraged to Vote "Yes" For Canton West WHAT: Canton West offers the City of Canton and Cherokee County a unique opportunity for reasonable, sensible, sustainable and well-planned growth.

Population growth has slowed in metro Atlanta as the housing slump takes its toll, new figures from the Atlanta Regional Commission show.

Over the years, a Woodstock company's fruit-flavored vitamin supplement gained a loyal following.

Over two decades, Smyrna businessman Robert Moultrie built a design and engineering firm that started with five employees and grew to a $440 million-a-year operation.

A string of car break-ins in Cherokee County has authorities on alert. Within the last month, six cars have been broken into during the middle of the day, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said.

There have been at least six daytime car break-ins during the past month in Woodstock, police said Friday.

A gang of thieves is prowling parking lots in Cherokee County, Cobb County and the City of Woodstock, breaking into cars for the purses and credit cards that people think they locked securely inside the cars.

Heavy thunderstorms moved across Metro Atlanta Thursday afternoon, prompting severe thunderstorm warnings for most of the area.

Stock up and save. It's a motto that Traci Rogers embraces. Rogers, who lives in east Cherokee County with her husband, Mike, and two young daughters, works the cycle.

These days, guests checking into a motel room want to find more than a Gideon bible.

With just a few days of experience on a mission trip to Macon, and a challenge by their church's associate pastor, a Canton minister and his youth group were inspired.

"Mayor Hobgood, I apologize." With tongue planted firmly in cheek, political satirist Stephen Colbert issued those words to Mayor Gene Hobgood of Canton, Georgia Wednesday night on his Comedy Central show, "The ...

Imagine hearing, "Sure it's messed up, but it's not messed up enough for us to help you." That's what some tornado victims in Cherokee County have gotten from the federal government.

Cherokee County residents affected by severe weather and tornadoes now are eligible to receive federal aid.

Cherokee County residents affected by severe weather and tornadoes now are eligible to receive federal aid.

Detectives were looking Friday, July 25, 2008 for the owners of hundreds of stolen items after they said they discovered everything from tools to Mercedes cars in and around a shed in Cherokee County.

Detectives were looking Friday, July 25, 2008 for the owners of hundreds of stolen items after they said they discovered everything from tools to Mercedes cars in and around a shed in Cherokee County.

Detectives were looking Friday, July 25, 2008 for the owners of hundreds of stolen items after they said they discovered everything from tools to Mercedes cars in and around a shed in Cherokee County.

Detectives were looking Friday, July 25, 2008 for the owners of hundreds of stolen items after they said they discovered everything from tools to Mercedes cars in and around a shed in Cherokee County.