Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services want community input on how well the citizens think the fire department is performing.
A man from Canton was arrested Tuesday at Sequoyah Regional Library after he refused to leave the library, Sheriff's deputies said.
Officers, volunteers playing students and parents, and Cherokee Schools employees worked together to act out an emergency scenario.
Wendell Turner has been named the deputy chief. He was captain for the support bureau and has been with the department for four years.
Cherokee County firefighters fought two structure fires over the weekend, including one that the homeowner admitted to starting.
The squads are custom-built ambulances that will provide a safer, smoother and more comfortable ride for passengers.
A man from Canton died Monday in Florida while skydiving after he landed hard from trying to avoid hitting another skydiver, officials said.
A Ball Ground man was charged vehicular homicide, distracted driving and safe distance after he struck and killed a bicyclist Feb. 1.
A 50-year-old Canton man was convicted of kicking, punching and strangling his girlfriend, and child molestation.
Safe Kids Cherokee will have car seats and boosters also available for those that need a seat for a small donation.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the four people who died Saturday in a small plane crash in Gordon County.
The Federal Aviation Authority said a small plane disappeared from radar Saturday morning somewhere over Cherokee or Gordon counties.
Nathaniel Merritt Carter, 37, of Canton, was found guilty of child molestation after he had "indecent contact with a child," the DA said.
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The Cherokee Sheriff's Office pronounced a cyclist dead on Saturday after he was hit on Hwy. 5 near Commerce Lane in Ball Ground.
A 43-year-old Atlanta man was charged with sex trafficking after he picked up a 16-year-old girl from a high school and paid her for sex.
A family pet died in a fire just after midnight Tuesday in Hickory Flat. The house and both cars were also destroyed, officials said.
Canton's new Police Chief Stephen Merrifield previously served as deputy chief at the department for the past five years.
Cherokee County law enforcement agencies are searching for a North Carolina man whose illegal dumping shut down interstates Monday.
A man from Pickens County, 43, recently pleaded guilty and was sentenced for meeting with a child under the age of 16 for an "immoral act."
A Ball Ground man, 59, with a "criminal record that stretches back to the 1970s" was sentenced for sexually molesting a child under 16.
In 2018, the man harassed the victim repeatedly by phone and email, threatening to kill her, as well as members of her family.
In 2018, a 73-year-old man was killed when he was the passenger in a car driven by a Cherokee County man who was speeding while drunk.
The firefighters were sent in to search the first floor and found a nervous dog, which they were able to pick up and take to safety.
Deputies found a square cut out of the truck’s floor used to hide drugs, including meth, after they pulled over Thomas Ernest Jones, 43.
Shared Hope International awarded Georgia an "A" on the strength of its laws to combat sex trafficking, an improvement from previous years.
One green bulb on the wreath will be replaced by a red bulb for every structure fire that occurs in Cherokee County over the holidays.
Christopher Shane Reed, 36, pleaded guilty to sexually molesting a preteen boy after inviting him to play video games together.
A disagreement over setting the air conditioning ended with the Canton man shooting his gun within a foot of his son's head, police said.
A 52-year-old man from Canton died Wednesday after he was hit by a car while crossing Riverstone Parkway, police said.
The Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad assisted in the arrest of 14 people, including two from Cherokee, for selling methamphetamine.
Weeks after an Athens man was released from jail for obscene contact with a kid, he began talking to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Three Bartow County men have been sentenced for painting, tagging and creating graffiti of the Cartersville Locotes gang on Railroad Street.
A man from Macon was arrested after he attempted to meet with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl from Cherokee County for sex.
Scott Coppola, a firefighter with Cherokee Fire & Emergency Services, retired after 16 years of service to the citizens of Cherokee County.
Two men from Cherokee County have been arrested after they attempted to meet minors during an undercover chat investigation, police said.
A 38-year-old man has been sentenced after he led police on a high-speed chase, shooting a gun at a patrol car firing 13-15 shots.
Employees with the Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services were honored Oct. 7 by the Canton Moose Lodge.
There are 82 registered sex offenders recorded as living in Canton in 2019, two being named sexual predators.