A local annual count of homeless people in Cherokee County found a record-high number this year, the Cherokee County Homeless Veterans Program reports.
Local nonprofits and volunteers who conducted the count found nearly 500 homeless people in Cherokee County, CCHVP Director Jim Lindenmayer said.
“That’s the highest I’ve ever seen in the 10 years I’ve been doing this,” Lindenmayer said. “Last year, we counted less than a hundred.”…