Finance + Legal Services

Community Commitment Beyond Financial Services

How LGE Community Credit Union champions public safety, partnerships, and meaningful local impact in Cherokee County Article by LGE & Cherokee Fire | Photography by Cherokee Fire LGE Community Credit Union is guided by a simple but powerful belief: strong communities are built through connection, care, and collaboration. Rooted in the credit union philosophy of “people helping people,” LGE’s presence in Cherokee County extends well beyond financial services, reaching into the lives of those...

Sports + Recreation

Putting for Glory

A Canton ten-year-old wins one of junior golf's most storied titles Article by Glenn Lazarus | Photography by Provided by Sarah Burris The crowd surged toward the eighth green before the ball even stopped rolling. Cole Burris, ten years old and standing in the middle of his biggest golf moment, had just made the putt that mattered most. Not a practice round. Not a warm-up. The championship putt, on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff, at one of the most storied junior golf tournaments in...

Education

Pages, People, and Possibility

Inside the renovation redefining what a Cherokee County library means for your family. Article by Mark O'Donnell | Photography by Katie Nielson It started in 1922 with a borrowed room behind a jewelry store on Canton's Main Street and a collection of donated books tended by a volunteer two days a week. More than a century later, the Sequoyah Regional Library System has grown into one of North Georgia's most quietly essential institutions: eight locations, more than 1 million checkouts, and...

Home + Design

Lower the Bar

How one Cherokee County mom turned raw, real motherhood into a movement. Article by Glenn Lazarus | Photography by Provided by Jessi Meeks Before the 200,000+ followers, before the viral videos, and before anyone told her she was doing something worth watching, Jessi Meeks was just trying to survive. She had three little kids, a house that looked like a house, and a scrolling feed full of perfectly matched outfits, Pottery Barn playrooms, and activities that required a glue gun and a...