Morning Briefing: What Do You Know About Chip Rogers?

1. Weather: The National Weather Service sees nothing but sunny skies for Canton today, with a high temperature of around 74 degrees. There is a 20 percent chance of rain after 3 a.m. Saturday. Tonight's low will be around 51 degrees.

2. In Case You Missed It: The Cherokee Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl Thursday afternoon. At least two witnesses saw the suspect's car, which has been described as a white older model foreign sedan.

3. Happening Now: Tonight at 7, Heritage Park will be the starting point for the Cherokee March for Babies! Find out more about the March of Dimes and how it has helped premature babies in Cherokee County.

Farmers' Market season is almost upon us! Have you registered for the Historic Downtown Canton Farmers' Market yet? If not, Canton-Sixes Patch has all the info you need to send off your registration ASAP!

4. Looking Ahead: Come back at noon to read what one Local Voice has to say about recently-retired Cherokee politician Chip Rogers. Find out why Rogers says he suddenly abandoned his political career!

5. On This Date in History: On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the notorious assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is cornered inside a tobacco barn in Port Royal, VA. When Booth refuses to surrender, Union troops set the barn on fire, hoping to smoke him out. Without orders from a superior, Sgt. Boston Corbett shoots Booth, mortally wounding him. Booth dies three hours later.