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12/16/2025

This year give the Gift of better health! Tantopia offers Gift Certificates! What about a gift certificate for Halo Therapy?? Watch the video then head on down to Tantopia in the Lakeside Plaza, Murphy!

12/16/2025

THE NORTH CAROLINA FLYOVER
Dec. 16, 2025

Top Court Declines Sunday Hunting Case

The North Carolina Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to the state’s Sunday hunting restrictions on Friday, leaving in place a unanimous Court of Appeals ruling in April that upheld the laws.

Plaintiff Tim Oates had argued that limits under the statute, including a ban on Sunday migratory bird hunting and a restriction on hunting between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., violate a voter-approved 2018 constitutional amendment supporting “the right of the people to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.”

Lower courts used a basic legal standard and concluded that the restrictions were reasonable because they support wildlife management, public safety, and a balance between hunters’ and non-hunters’ interests.

The decision preserves partial Sunday hunting allowed since 2017, while maintaining prohibitions intended to protect religious observances and shared land access.

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12/16/2025

...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS 11AM to 7PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

Tuesday
Dec. 16, 2025

Relative Humidities of 25 percent or less can be expected for 4 or more hours this afternoon into the evening. Winds will be generally out of the west southwest at less than 5 MPH, but may be variable through the day.

With dry fuels, high fire danger conditions can be expected.

Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme caution.

12/15/2025

When you need that ride, whether its around town or further out, these guys can help! Cherokee Co. Transit.

12/15/2025

Home Style Furniture Murphy NC is having a CHRISTMAS Sale!! Get dollars off at Home Style Furniture in Murphy, N.C. Dec. 20th thru the 29th! Watch their new video then get down to the store and have a look at all the items for your home!

12/15/2025

Good Morning from Your TV 4 Family!
Dec. 15, 2025

Good morning, friends, on this cold Monday dawn,
We're here with you as a new week is born.

While frost decorates your windowpane,
And winter's chill runs through each lane,

We bring you warmth through your TV screen,
The Local Report, your coffee routine.

From Local updates to weather you need,
We're the voice you trust, the friend guaranteed.

Bundle up tight as you head out the door,
We'll be right here, just like before.

Through every season, through ice and through snow,
Local TV 4 is the neighbor you know.

So here's to Monday, to starting fresh,
To hot cocoa, scarves, and doing our best.

Thank you for letting us into your day—
Stay warm out there, and have a great Monday!

With gratitude from everyone at Local TV 4

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12/15/2025

THE FLYOVER
Dec. 15, 2025

15 Killed in Bondi Beach Hanukkah Shooting

Two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl, and wounding 42 others in what authorities are treating as a terror attack.

The suspects, believed to be father and son aged 50 and 24, began firing on the crowd with rifles from a footbridge during the Hanukkah by the Sea event. Together, men legally owned six fi****ms despite Australia's strict gun laws.

Beachgoers fled the scene as the attack continued for 20 minutes, with the gunmen reloading and firing multiple times. The massacre was disrupted by Muslim fruit stand owner Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, who snuck up behind, tackled, and disarmed one gunman, despite suffering two gunshot wounds in the process. Watch the video of the moment here.

The elder gunman was shot and killed by police, who later searched the suspects’ vehicle and home, discovering homemade explosives. The other gunman was hospitalized in critical condition. Follow live updates here.

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Brown University Shooting Suspect Arrested

Police detained a person of interest early Sunday at a Coventry, Rhode Island, hotel, approximately 28 miles from where Saturday's deadly Brown University shooting left two dead and nine injured during an economics final exam review.

The man in his mid-20s from Wisconsin, not a Brown student, was allegedly carrying two fi****ms when apprehended around 3:45 a.m., including a weapon with unique characteristics that helped tie him to the attack.

The man allegedly yelled something before firing more than 40 rounds from a 9mm handgun, though witnesses couldn't make out what was screamed.

Brown has canceled all remaining classes, exams, and projects for the fall semester, with officials stating that the investigation is "progressing extremely fast," although no charges have been filed yet.

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12/15/2025

THE GEORGIA FLYOVER
Dec. 15, 2025

Woman Burned in Acid Attack Near Park

A 46-year-old woman was severely burned when an unknown assailant poured a corrosive chemical on her near Forsyth Park in Savannah on Wednesday night.

The woman was walking when the attacker surprised her from behind and then fled, police said. There is no known connection between the woman and the attacker, they said.

Authorities released a surveillance image of a person of interest and are working with the FBI to identify the substance used.

The woman remains hospitalized with burns on half her body.

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12/15/2025

Lonnie at Heritage Home Furniture and Decor, in Canton Ga. invites you to come in and have a look at their NEW Store!! Same people you know and trust with a different name! They'll be glad to see you AGAIN!!

12/14/2025

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1248 PM EST Sun Dec 14 2025
..COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM EST MONDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as zero to 5 above zero
expected at times.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest North Carolina, east Tennessee, and
southwest Virginia.

* WHEN...From 5 PM this afternoon to 10 AM EST Monday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if
precautions are not taken.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves.

Keep pets indoors as much as possible.

Make frequent checks on older family, friends, and neighbors. Ensure
portable heaters are used correctly. Do not use generators or grills
inside.

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12/14/2025

There will be a choral reading of The Give Away on December 17th at 1:00 pm at the Murphy Public
Library, 9 Blumenthal St, Murphy.

The Give Away, written and illustrated by Native American Pastor and renowned author Ray Buckley, is a Christmas story in the Native American tradition. It has been featured on the CBS Christmas Eve Special. The reading will be a collaboration between Native Heart Community Development Association and members of The EKG Barbershop Quartet.

The reading will be followed by thequartet singing the season’s most beloved Christmas songs.
The story will resonate with your heart, and the music will light up your life in this sacred season.
Come and enjoy storytelling, music, refreshments and fun. For more information call 828-458-0691.

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12/13/2025

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
101 PM EST Sat Dec 13 2025

Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Graham-Northern Jackson- Including the cities of Sylva, Micaville, Bryson City, Spruce Pine, Busick, Cove Creek, Waterville, Poplar, Marshall, Walnut, Alarka, Cullowhee, Ramseytown, Mars Hill, Allenstand, Almond, Celo, Faust, Tuckasegee, Cruso, Burnsville, Luck, Waynesville, Robbinsville, Hot Springs, Stecoah, Canton, Swiss, Wesser, and Luada 101 PM EST Sat Dec 13 2025
..COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM EST MONDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills of 5 below to 10 below expected, with values of 15 below to 20 below possible on the highest peaks.

* WHERE...The high elevations of Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Northern Jackson, Swain, and Yancey Counties.

* WHEN...From 5 PM Sunday to 9 AM EST Monday.

* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.

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