A man has been sentenced to life in prison for trafficking in heroin. Kyle Erwin Skinner was convicted in Cherokee County on April 17, 2025. Cedar Bluff Police officers pulled Skinner over on June 29, ...

GAFFNEY — Sheriff Steve Mueller said a new detention center in Cherokee County is long overdue, with the current jail well over capacity and suffering from chronic overcrowding. But getting a ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Cherokee County authorities are on high alert after an inmate escaped from 9554 US Hwy 19 in ...

A shooting during a dispute has resulted in an arrest, according to officials. On April 30, deputies with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to reports of two men firing weapons at ...

Hammond was later located and booked into the Cherokee County Jail for first-degree murder. He remains in jail on no bond.

A judge sentenced a Cherokee County man Friday to life in prison plus 20 years. A jury convicted Nicholas Mittenmeyer, 45, of rape, family violence aggravated assault and false imprisonment in March.

A Cherokee man has been arrested for murder after officials said he ran over another man early Monday. The Cherokee County ...