Students at The Village School of Gaffney began the 2017-2018 school year Monday. On Tuesday, the annual dedication service was held, followed by the school picture. Kim Bagwell (front left) is the director of The Village School.   More...

Thanks to the generosity of local residents, and even some from outside the state, a meeting room at the Cherokee County Sheriff ’s Office looks like an office supply store at the moment.  There are tables full of tablets, reams upon reams More...

Theta Beta Gamma Sorority Inc. recently awarded book scholarships to three 2017 Gaffney High School graduates. Recipients were Summer Jamison Bailey, Myleesha Ayuna Phillips, and Jada Monique Sarratt. More...

Cowpens, S.C. — Dewitt Talmadge Elliott, Jr., 91, of 860 Swofford Drive, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at his residence.  More...

Linda Edwards Duncan, 63, of Gaffney S.C., passed away surrounded by loved ones at Providence Hospital in Columbia S.C., on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, following a brief illness.  Beloved wife of Rev. William L. More...

Lola Mae Ward Doran, age 75 of Blacksburg, S.C. died Monday, August 14, 2017 at her home. Born August 15, 1941 at Newhall, WV, she was a daughter of the late Edward Paul and Bonnie Faye Stacy Ward. More...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Police in South Carolina say two people have been arrested in the shooting death of a man whose car they were trying to steal.  News outlets reported the shooting happened around 1 a.m. More...

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — It seems like anything popular is subject to the dreaded “bubble” question.  Is the bubble about to burst on smartphone apps? Is the bubble about to burst on fidget spinners? More...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun is about to spill some of its secrets, maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week if you are in the right place for the best solar eclipse in the U.S. More...