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The Cleveland Daily Banner- A separate fire from the one near Chilhowee Mountain in Polk County now threatens more Cherokee National Forest land. A fi

The Cleveland Daily Banner- A separate fire from the one near Chilhowee Mountain in Polk County now threatens more Cherokee National Forest land. A fire in the Wolf Creek area of the CNF was first detected on Saturday, and it has reportedly burned over 100 acres of property. Wolf Creek is located off McFarland Road approximately two miles northwest of Turtletown. Cherokee National Forest Public Affairs Officer Terry McDonald said that “because of the steep terrain, extremely dry conditions and thick vegetation, firefighters are working to keep the fire within a control perimeter of 400 acres using natural features, roads and firelines.” This is the second fire reported in the Ocoee Ranger District of the national forest. On Oct. 23, a fire was reported in the Rattlesnake Hollow area, in the Rock Creek Gorge on the southeast side of Chilhowee Mountain in Polk County. That fire is currently contained within established fire control lines, McDonald said, with the control area there being approximately 200 acres. As of Sunday, around 195 acres of forest service land had been damaged by the fire. Cause of both fires is still under investigation, and the area around the fires where personnel are working to develop control lines is closed to the public. Channel 3- UPDATE: A Graysville boy who disappeared Halloween night has been reunited safely with his family. The Rhea County Sheriff’s Office launched a massive search overnight for 13-year-old, Stanley Brotherton. After spending a night in the woods, Brotherton was found at this home nearly two miles away from where he lives in Graysville. Brotherton has autism, Monday night he wandered away from his home without letting anyone know. Cleveland Daily Banner- Again this year, area residents are asked to help Southern Heritage Bank during its “Cleveland Helping Cleveland” food drive, and these residents do not have to work at a local company that is involved or have children in schools that are collecting food. All they need to do is drop off nonperishables at any of the three bank locations. This is the 18th year the food drive has been conducted to help fund United Way of the Ocoee Region agencies, and just a few years ago, the drive included The Caring Place as a recipient of this food. In the years the drive has been conducted, a special collection event was held at the bank’s main office on Keith Street. That will continue this Friday, as industries and schools will be delivering food that was collected to the bank, where it will be placed in a truck supplied again this year by Wholesale Supply Group. The truck will deliver the food to The Caring Place and United Way of the Ocoee Region early next week. Several local schools are having contests this week, with specific classes winning prizes like a pizza party, and several are also allowing students who bring food in to place feathers on a cardboard turkey hung on the wall for all to see. Lee Stewart, president at Southern Heritage Bank, has always been impressed with the number of schools participating in the drive. He has said that it gives these young boys and girls a sense of helping others that he hopes they carry on into their adult lives. For more information about the food drive, contact Denise DeArmond, event coordinator at Southern Heritage Bank. As always Mix 104.1 and Steve Hartline will broadcast live from the main office location on Keith Street.10am 1pm. Local- More than 26 million voters have already cast early ballots a week ahead of Election Day 2016, nearly double the amount of early vote at this point in the 2012 election, according to new analysis by the NBC News Data Analytics Lab. On October 30, 2012, one week ahead of the Obama vs. Romney match-up, roughly 13.5 million voters had cast early ballots nationwide. Here locally over 20,000 people have already early voted. Early voting ends on Thursday at 6pm. Lady Flames to Host Volley for a Cure- The Lee University Lady Flames volleyball team will host the 10th annual Volley For A Cure as part of the 2016 Homecoming weekend celebration. The event honors those who have lost their lives in the battle with breast cancer and celebrates survivors and current fighters. The Lady Flames will battle the University of West Georgia at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in the Paul Dana Walker Arena. The goal of the event is to raise awareness for breast cancer and also raise money for the Mary Ellen Locher Scholarship Foundation of Chattanooga. The foundation grants scholarships to graduating high school students with a parent affected by breast cancer. The volleyball team hopes to raise $25,000 this year to bring the total amount raised to $150,000 over the 10 years of the event. The theme of the event this year is an accumulation of the past years’ themes in celebration of the 10-year milestone of Volley For A Cure. Volley For A Cure will host a survivor luncheon on Thursday afternoon, Nov 3. The volleyball team members will serve the attendees. Breast cancer survivors are the honorary guests while tickets are $20 for other guests. Everyone is invited to come support the volleyball team and is encouraged to dress in pink in honor of breast cancer survivors. To help the Mary Ellen Locher Foundation, visit http://www.memorial.org/maryellen-locher-breast-center/. For more information about Volley For A Cure events or to support, contact Coach Andrea Hudson at (423) 614-8453 or email ahudson@leeuniversity.edu. For more information or to register for Homecoming, visit http://www.leehomecoming.com/