Latest news with #CherokeeHighSchool
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
Colbert County Schools adds system to detect weapons on students
COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Safety is every school system's top priority, but the Colbert County School District is taking an extra step to ensure no weapons enter their schools. The school system is adding a new weapons detection system called 'OpenGate'. Superintendent Nathan Fuller tells News 19 that the system will stand at the main entrances of each school. 'It's a place of community': Historic Tuscumbia shop rebuilds after tornado 'It's something the students just casually and normally walk through each morning as they enter the building, it has artificial intelligence that looks for weapons or things that may look like weapons,' Fuller said. Fuller tells News 19 that the detection system can spot or sense the shape of guns, knives and even bombs. Cherokee High School is the first school in the county to have an Opengate up and running, and students got to walk through it for the first time Tuesday morning. Cherokee High School Principal Roy Lawson said he is pleased to have the extra safety tool. 'It's really going to enhance the safety here at our school, we have a resource officer, he does a wonderful job but this just gives us another tool to help identify things that could possibly happen,' Lawson said. 18-year-old accused of threatening to shoot Florence High School Fuller says they have ordered 14 OpenGate systems for all eight schools in the county system, and the price tag is just under $500,000. He says they will do and spend however much for a safe learning environment for students and faculty. 'We want parents to feel safe sending their kids to us and we understand kids need to feel safe to be able to learn and grow,' Fuller said. The rest of the schools in the school system will be getting their OpenGate detection systems in the coming days after each student resource officer goes through training. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Community raising money for Cherokee County band director battling cancer
The Brief The community is raising money to help Cherokee High School band director Garrick Cheyne with his fight against colon cancer. Cheyne's family is waiting for the results from a CT scan he had earlier this week. More than $20,000 has been raised so far. CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - Community members in Cherokee County are raising money to help a high school band director with his fight against cancer. Garrick Cheyne has been part of the Canton community for 20 years and has been a band director at Cherokee High School since 2010. What we know According to Cheyne's GoFundMe, the band director was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. Crystal Cheyne, Garrick's wife, wrote that they are waiting for results from a CT scan he had on Monday, but believe the cancer is "somewhat short of stage 4." His first surgery is scheduled for Feb. 5. The money raised by the community already covers his first medical bill. What they're saying "We continued to be awed by your support," Crystal Cheyne wrote on GoFundMe. "I am SO inspired to be my best every day through this journey for all of you and for many great days ahead!" What you can do More than 200 people have raised more than $20,000 of the fundraiser's $30,000 goal. You can learn more about the fundraiser and donate here. The Source
