Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court declared “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” Haywood County’s response was to build a segregated school.
In Haywood County, African Americans have never made up a large percentage of the population — 1.3 percent by the 2010 census.
The campaign for equal rights for American women started with the Revolution.
A century ago, Haywood County had its own suffragette in the form of a 15-year-old farm girl from Hyder Mountain.
Sometimes local history raises more questions than answers.
The Canton Area Historical Museum will offer a glimpse back in time for Christmas, beginning with a nostalgic float in the town’s “There’s No Place Like Home” parade Dec. 5.
The 78th anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Army and Navy base in Pearl Harbor is Saturday, Dec. 7.
The North Carolina Society of Historians (NCSH) has awarded local author Carroll C. Jones a 2019 History Book Award for his latest book, Thomson’s Pulp Mill: Building the Champion Fibre Company at Canton, North Carolina —1905 to 1908.
Bethel has been known by many names: Sonoma, Forks of Pigeon, Bethel, Pigeon Valley, Woodrow, and is even referred to as Cold Mountain in Frazier’s famous book by the same name.
Crime
At 7:02 a.m., Jan. 21, officers from the Waynesville Police Department were called to 136 Long St., in reference to two deceased individuals who were found at the location.
A Haywood County Sheriff’s deputy has resigned after being charged with a DWI.
A Marion man already facing a felony assault charge has been hit with another felony after breaking the overhead fire sprinkler in his cell.
One case that captured the county’s attention involved the horrific death of 10-month-old Chloe Evans.
It isn’t uncommon for local law enforcement to confiscate small amounts of drugs during arrests, but one methamphetamine bust this year proved to be bigger than the rest.
Many often complain about what they perceive as too many criminal cases getting dismissed by the district attorney’s office.
Domestic violence cases frequently cycle through Haywood County’s courts, but 2019 featured a number of cases that illuminated just how bad some survivors have been injured, and some serious prison time was doled out to offenders.
Four people sexually abused by former Howard White, who served as rector at Grace Church in the Mountains for over two decades finally got justice this year when White pleaded guilty to charges on all four victims.
CANTON — After a thief nabbed Christmas inflatables from the lawn of a 3-year-old’s home, a Canton Police Department officer took it upon himself to right the wrong.
The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office is continuing the “scam round-up” series with The Mountaineer, sharing the most recently reported phone scams.
A Waynesville man is on supervised probation after pleading guilty to two counts of stalking and one count of soliciting prostitution.
A Clyde man has been arrested after being charged with second-degree rape.
