Murphy News

Duluth is tooting its horn with a recently opened train-themed park in the downtown district.

Cynthia D. Wright has been elected to be the next chief judge of Fulton County Superior Court.

The N.C. Department of Transportation will suspend most road construction activities over the Thanksgiving holiday to help ease traffic delays and improve driving conditions throughout the state.

Submitted by Joe Legge on November 16, 2009 - 1:01pm. Environment Comments Below: 3 Tennessee officials say a stretch of U.S. Highway 64 buried under a rockslideA will not reopen for at least two months, while crews clear away the debris.

On October 24, 2009 Gregory Abernathy, age 24, of Grindstone Road, Murphy, NC died as a result of being shot by James Reeves McKinley of Boiling Springs Road, Murphy, NC.

Harry I. Kendall, 55, of Hayesville, NC was arrested for larceny on November 2, 2009 and released on November 2, 2009.

Nothing like a Rainy Dreary Halloween Night to get everyone out, we had an amazing turn out for Trick or Treat on the Square this year even with the yucky weather.

Murphy Medical Center staff would like to congratulate Joseph and Becky Cloer of Marble on the birth of their daughter.A Adelyah LeighA was born November 1, 2009 at Murphy Medical Center.

An overwhelming majority of citizens who showed up at a public hearing in Robbinsville spoke out against the Corridor K road project last Thursday .

On Monday, the eve of the municipal election, Mayor Bill Hughes took a few minutes to thank the council members for all of the good work that has taken place to make the Town of Murphy a better place to live.

Depending on weather and unforeseen circumstances, construction sites where delays may occur this week include: Both directions of Interstate 40 are closed between Exit 20, West of Asheville, and Exit 421 east of Knoxville, Tenn., due to a rock slide at mile marker 2.6 on I-40 in North Carolina.

Trespassing leads to a fatal shooting which then leads to a house fire - it all happened in Murphy, North Carolina recently and now investigators are trying to put all the pieces together.

MURPHY, N.C. -- Police say an arsonist torched a Georgia couple's second home in the North Carolina mountains days after a confrontation led to the homeowner shooting a man to death.

Romulus Albert Ray, 48, of Brasstown, NC was arrested for driving while impaired on October 19, 2009 and released on October 19, 2009.

Candidates for mayor in both Andrews and Murphy are running unopposed. Incumbents Johnny Brown in Andrews and Bill Hughes in Murphy are seeking re-election with out opposition; although there is always a provision for write-in candidacy.

Joey Harris, 31, of Fayetteville, and his wife Katrina Harris, 29, stop at the Murphy House stand for some fried treats - their first stop at the N.C. State Fair on opening day.

Joey Harris, 31, of Fayetteville, and his wife Katrina Harris, 29, stop at the Murphy House stand for some fried treats - their first stop at the N.C. State Fair on opening day.

Morganton native and Superior Court Judge Robert Ervin is one of three to be recommended for appointment as a U.S. District Court judge for the western district of the state.

Roger Dale Coffey, 49, of Hayesville, NC was arrested for communicating threats on October 5, 2009 and released on October 5, 2009.

The two brothers seriously wounded in a quadruple shooting in Mooresville on Sunday are improving and were upgraded Thursday to serious from critical condition, according to Carolinas Medical Center.