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FROM THE PULPIT

Father’s Day, fatherly advice

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I’M JUST SAYING

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LOCAL NEWS

Pallet containing $25,000 in tools reported stolen

POLICE REPORTS

June 13, 2025

Someone stole a pallet with more than $25,000 in tools in a burglary reported by a Blacksburg business. Broken glass and the missing pallet were noticed when the complainant arrived...

Fruits, vegetables often absent from county resident diets

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer [email protected] | June 11, 2025

Did you know that 30.5% of Cherokee County residents eat fruit daily? A data walk poster focused on health and nutrition issues Tuesday highlighted how limited transportation and grocery store...

TODAY IN HISTORY

June 11, 2025

Today is Wednesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2025. There are 203 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 11, 1963, the University of Alabama was...

CCSD Summer Leadership Academy: Know Thy Why

June 11, 2025

School administrative teams comprised of principals, assistant principals, and instructional coaches joined district leaders in spending the first week of June reflecting together upon the past school year and making...

PAINTING DREAMS ONE FACE AT A TIME

June 11, 2025

Mastani Foster receives an elaborate face painting at the city’s Food Truck Friday event. The face painting was done by the Cherokee County Alliance of Visual Artists member David Lush.

SPORTS

Hamlin showcases master class in fuel-saving

Hamlin showcases master class in fuel-saving

BY HOLLY CAIN NASCAR Wire Service | June 13, 2025

Ultimately Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota had just enough fuel to claim the checkered flag at Michigan International Speedway and do one celebratory series of burnouts in...

YOU ARE BLOCKING MY WAY

YOU ARE BLOCKING MY WAY

June 13, 2025

A defender disrupts the route of a Gaffney wideout during Tuesday’s passing league at Gaffney. The Indians will host another passing league this Tuesday.

Golfer tees off at U.S. Open less than a month after a horrific car accident

ASSOCIATED PRESS | June 13, 2025

What Alistair Docherty thought was smoke was really the powder bursting out of the freshly deployed airbag. There was no mistaking the blood and glass covering everything in the wrecked...

A PASSING GRADE

A PASSING GRADE

June 11, 2025

Gaffney quarterback Jayvon Gilmore flings a pass downfield during Tuesday’s passing league event at Gaffney High School. Seven other schools attended, including Greenwood and Rock Hill.

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