{"id":1496833,"date":"2026-04-15T22:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1496833"},"modified":"2026-04-17T02:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:57:29","slug":"a-veteran-officer-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1496833","title":{"rendered":"Long time constable dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/04\/eddie-lee-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1496834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/04\/eddie-lee-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/04\/eddie-lee-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/04\/eddie-lee.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>CHEROKEE COUNTY \u2013 Cherokee County is mourning the loss of longtime constable Eddie Lee, who recently died. According to our news partner KETK, Lee dedicated over 50 years of his life to working in law enforcement and serving his community and was known for his  commitment and integrity, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis legacy of service will not be forgotten. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and all who had the honor of knowing him,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHEROKEE COUNTY \u2013 Cherokee County is mourning the loss of longtime constable Eddie Lee, who recently died. According to our news partner KETK, Lee dedicated over 50 years of his life to working in law enforcement and serving his community and was known for his commitment and integrity, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1496833\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Long time constable dies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1497181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/04\/eddie-lee-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1496833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 15:42:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/04\/eddie-lee-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1496833"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496909,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496833\/revisions\/1496909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1497181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1496833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1496833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1496833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}