Cold medicine killer gets life for wife’s murder

  By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF   RALEIGH – In a case that received national attention, a man who claimed cold medicine caused him to kill his wife pleaded guilty to first degree murder Friday, Oct. 5. Matthew Phelps, 29, of Raleigh, claimed he took too...

Hernandez named Little Miss Cherokee

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Morgan Hernandez, a member of the Deer Clan from the Big Y Community, was named 2018-19 Little Miss Cherokee during a pageant at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 4.  She was also named...

Siweumptewa named Junior Miss Cherokee

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Destiny Siweumptewa, 14, a member of the Long Hair Clan from the Birdtown Community, was named 2018-19 Junior Miss Cherokee during a pageant held at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds on the night of Thursday, Oct. 4. ...

Perez crowned Teen Miss Cherokee

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Culminating a day of activities during Children’s Day of the Cherokee Indian Fair, Juakina Perez was crowned the new Teen Miss Cherokee. The pageant was held at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds on the clear, fall...