Shannon Ballew

Cherokee County and other parts of the state are under a head advisory from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with heat index values expected to be over 100 degrees.

Students return to classes in the Cherokee County School District Monday for a new school year. The new addition at Woodstock High School is set to open this school year.

Canton police have arrested a man authorities say killed a 2-year-old boy on Monday.

Scott Road is shut down near Pebblebrook Run due to a fallen tree across the road, the Cherokee Sheriff's Office reports. Return for updates.

A restaurant in Cherokee County's Hickory Flat community received a failing health score after a routine inspection found multiple violations.

A 25-year-old U.S. Army officer from Georgia who was killed in action during the war in Iran was laid to rest in Canton Friday.

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Authorities are asking for the public's help identifying a man accused of an armed robbery early Monday morning in the Acworth area in southwest Cherokee County.

There are now food pantries at two local senior centers, Cherokee County Senior Services announced.

Shoal Creek Road is closed at Puckett Creek near Canton after trees fell and brought down power lines, the Cherokee Sheriff's Office reports.