Blacksburg missionary touched by girl’s plight

May 25, 2018 / Front Page

PRACTICING

Like a NASCAR pit crew looking to shave precious time off a 4-tire change, City of Gaffney firefighters on Thursday assembled at Irene Park to practice their hose-laying techniques. More...

IT’S GREEK TO ME

(TOP PHOTO) Blacksburg Middle School 8th-grade teachers dressed as Greek gods and goddesses Thursday for a Greek Festival. Pictured are (left to right) Kristi Schurz (Ares), Amanda Gilfillan (Hades), Justin Broome (Zeus), Pam Clark (Athena) and Julie Fowler (Demeter). (RIGHT) Blacksburg Middle School students Chloe Crotts and Jordan Wilson present their research on Poseidon, Greek god of the sea. Eighth grade students dressed in togas and presented their research about different Greek gods and goddesses as part of their study of Homer’s Odyssey poem in English classes. //
(Ledger photos / SCOTT POWELL)

(TOP PHOTO) Blacksburg Middle School 8th-grade teachers dressed as Greek gods and goddesses Thursday for a Greek Festival. More...

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Police need your help to identify person of interest

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The Cherokee County Sheriff ’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a person of interest seen on security camera footage at a Shelby Highway convenience store where a shooting occurred May 13. The shooting occurred at More...

Gaffney man serving 25 years in prison gets 19 more

By TIM GULLA
Ledger Staff Writer
tim@gaffneyledger.com

A 42-year-old Gaffney man already serving a 25- year prison sentence out of Newberry County received a concurrent 19- year prison sentence last Thursday in Cherokee County General Sessions Court after reaching a plea agreement on a drug trafficking c More...

Computers stolen from school

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Cherokee County Sheriff ’s Office deputies are on the lookout for a thief or thieves who stole several computers from a local elementary school. More...

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Sports

The Gaffney Indians wrapped up spring practice with the Black-White Game on Wednesday. The Indians will begin their summer conditioning program next month.

No surprise: Defense ahead of offense at GHS spring game

By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Sports Editor
larry@gaffneyledger.com

With eight starters returning from a rapidly improving defense a season ago, it’s no surprise the unit was dominant in Gaffney’s Black-White Spring Game on Tuesday. More...

Post 109’s Chandler Brooks winds up to deliver a pitch in the season opener Wednesday against Greer. Brooks lasted three innings before giving way to Austin Duckett, who got the win.

Post 109 in midseason form

Duckett sharp in relief as Post 109 rolls to win

By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Sports Editor
larry@gaffneyledger.com

It might have been the opener, but Post 109 appeared in midseason form in a 9-2 win Wednesday over Greer at The Jug. Austin Duckett pitched four no-hit innings of relief, eight batters hit safely and the defense played errorless baseball. More...

Limestone third baseman earns all-southeast team honors

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Limestone College junior third baseman Chase Allen has been selected to the 2018 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Team as announced by the organization. Allen, who was previously named to the More...

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Karsyn Blanton is spending her summer paging for Sen. Harvey Peeler at the Sc State House in columbia. Part of her job is to read the Gaffney Ledger and keep up with all the local events. The next time you go out of town, take a copy of The Gaffney Ledger along and snap a photo of yourself and/or your group reading it so we can use it in our “readers On The road” feature. E-mail your digital photos to: cody@gaffneyledger.com; or editor@gaffneyledger.com.

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INVASION

Armed thugs storm into home; take guns, cash

By TIM GULLA
Ledger Staff Writer
tim@gaffneyledger.com

Several guns and cash were reported stolen following an armed home invasion that occurred Wednesday evening on Pecan Street. Detectives at the City of Gaffney Police Department were still investigating the incident Thursday. Det. Lt. More...

Council deadlocked on making decision about new county boss

By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Staff Writer
larry@gaffneyledger.com

Even after a lengthy closed-door discussion at Monday’s Cherokee County Council meeting, the group remains deadlocked on who should be its next administrator, according to sources close to the search process. More...

Business burglary suspect in custody

By TIM GULLA
Ledger Staff Writer
tim@gaffneyledger.com

City of Gaffney police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old city man in connection with two business burglaries that occurred earlier in the week. Telly Savalas Gregory, who had a 6th Street address, is charged with two counts of 2nd-degree burg More...

LifeStyles

Isaiah Sarratt (standing) has dreamed of being a barber since he was a young kid in his dad’s barber shop. He recently completed his final state board tests and will be working in his own shop, Classic Cuts 2, soon after he graduates from Gaffney High School in June. Seated is Isaiah’s father, J.J. //
(Ledger photo / ABBIE SOSSAMON)

Like father, like son

Barber’s son fulfills childhood dream of working with his dad

By ABBIE SOSSAMON
Lifestyles and Features Editor
abbie@gaffneyledger.com

Isaiah Sarratt held his first pair of clippers at age two, and he hasn’t put them down since. The soon-to-be Gaffney High graduate’s passion for cutting hair stems from his father J.J. More...