This is a criminal docket date for the Cherokee Tribal Court. All of the defendants listed have only been charged with the crimes/offenses listed and should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

A school bus crash left students with numerous injuries Friday morning, including one with several broken bones in her back. The bus ran off the roadway on Franks Creek Road and rolled over into a creek. While no cause has yet been determined, weather was reportedly a factor.

With two months left for changes in the election law, a new election ordinance was introduced with changes proposed to the election code.