A hiker found a human skull in a wooded area of Cherokee County, North Carolina, according to the sheriff's office. The skull was found in a wooded area off Burrell Mountain on Jan. 23.

Wildfires active Sunday in four North Carolina’s National Forests include the largest outside the mountains now in Uwharrie ...

A Cherokee County man was found guilty of child molestation charges this week, the district attorney’s office announced. On Wednesday, 45-year-old Dustin Luther Wilkes, from the Acworth area of ...

The Cherokee County Jail did not meet state standards during its Feb. 11 inspection. “As sheriff, I take full responsibility for these infractions and I am working diligently to bring our ...

On Saturday night, the North Carolina Forest Service reported nearly a dozen fires across all four forests of the National Forests in North Carolina.

The following people were booked through the Cherokee County Detention Center from Feb. 16-22, 2025, and federal law enforcement officers handled the cases. Those whose names appear should be p ...

Wildfires active Sunday in four North Carolina’s National Forests include the largest outside the mountains now in Uwharrie ...

A hiker reported finding a human skull on January 23, 2025. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) conducted a search of the area ...