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July 3, 2009
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TERRORIZED
Residents live in fear while serial killer roams free
Businessman, daughter latest victims
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com Two days, two horrific scenes. Just a day after an elderly woman and her daughter were found murdered inside a Buck Shoals Road home Wednesday, the apparent work of the same killer who targeted a prominent peach grower last Saturday, a fa... More...
FRIDAY MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE
Thursday murder in Gaffney is work of serial killer
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Story contains videoOfficials confirmed Friday a Thursday night shooting on East Frederick Street that claimed the life of a city businessman and critically injured his 15-year-old daughter was the work of the same person already responsible for three other murders in the past week. "Under the FBI definition of a ser... More...

Suicide driver's identity now known
Woman shot herself after deputy attempted traffic stop
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

The driver of a sport utility vehicle who apparently committed suicide during a police chase Thursday evening was identified by Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler on Friday as a 35-year-old Blacksburg woman. More...

 Local News
•Things to do on the 4th of July Weekend
Friday, July 3 Cowpens National Battlefield will celebrate our nation's independence with fireworks, music, a soldiers' camp and family activities. The free event begins at 9:30 a.m. with a guided battlefield walk and will end with a 650-shell professional fireworks display around 9 p.m. More...
•Fire destroys home
•Drunk drivers beware
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 LifeStyles
•BIRTHS
Trevor Lee Price Erica and Travis Price Sr. of Gaffney announce the birth of their son, Aziyah Trevor Lee, on June 26, 2009, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center weighing 6 lbs. 4 ozs. and measuring 20 inches long. Trevor Lee has a sister, Sybil Price, 6, and a brother, Travis Jr., 2. More...
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 Sports
•Spartanburg topples Post 109
Asked to explain the reason for his team's first loss of the season, Post 109 coach Jeff Osment gave the simplest explanation. "We faced a good pitcher last night who threw strikes," Osment said. Hunter Cole was that good pitcher. He scattered six hits and didn't walk a batter until the ninth to... More...
•Union sweeps Post 109 to win league
•Indians fall short against talented Hillcrest and Greer
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 Obituaries
•Willie Sarratt
Services for Willie Fleming Sarratt, 56, of Apt. 14-B, Chandler Drive, will be held Friday, July 5, at 2 p.m. at Indian Hill Baptist Church with the Revs. Mary D. Jefferies, Pittman Harris and Patty Boyd officiating. Interment will follow in Oakland Cemetery. Body will be placed in the church at 2... More...
•Faye Borders
•Helen Collins
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 Letters
•Family of Kline Cash issues statement
Dear Editor: The Family of Mr. Kline Cash would like to release the following statement to the public: Our family cannot put into words the appreciation for all the beautiful gestures, comments and prayers we have received over the last few days. More...
•Many thanks for the excellent coverage
•Wonderful children helped with cookout
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 Columns
•All barbecue agrees well with my stomach
LEDGER COLUMNIST
Cool Smoke blazed a trail through the barbecue scene last month while I made my semi-annual pilgrimage to the Blue Ridge BBQ competition in Tryon, N.C. Cool Smoke was the reserve grand champion, finishing second overall at this year's event. More...
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