There were no shortage of job offers in May for 16 graduates from a radiation protection technician training program offered locally. Each Spartanburg Community College (SCC) graduate was immediately hired to work in the expanding field of nuclear power. More...
Eddie Gilfillan and Leonard Tinnin were able to crack some jokes and share some laughs Tuesday afternoon, even about things that usually wouldn't be funny. A ruptured eardrum has left Tinnin deaf in one ear, for instance, and he said his doctor advised him he could consider a hearing aid. "But th... More...
Fourteen organizations will ask the city's Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee to fill their wallets with some much-needed funds. The committee is responsible for recommending how Gaffney City Council should dole out the $29,000 in A-tax monies the city can disperse this year. A-tax monies are ... More...
South Carolina Adjutant General Stan Spears will be the grand marshal for the peach festival parade, which is scheduled for June 21 at 9 a.m. in Gaffney. More...
Trainer William Morris almost never had to tell Isla the elephant what to do Friday morning. The 31-year-old gentle giant calmly walked from tent pole to tent pole so her harness could be hooked up and she waited in place until it was the appropriate time for her to take a few nonchalant steps. More...
The Gaffney Indians will be spending this Christmas in one of the country's hoop hotbeds - Kentucky. Gaffney boys basketball coach Mark Huff said the Indians have accepted an invitation to play in the Cumberland Falls Invitational Tournament. The tournament will be held in Corbin, Ky., located so... More...
Dora Elizabeth Phillips Roberson, 95, a resident of Peachtree Centre, formerly of 415 Pecan Street, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at Peachtree Centre. Born in Gaffney, she was the daughter of the late Summie Phillips, Sr. and Ida Belle Richardson Phillips and widow of the ... More...
Dear Editor: Let's say you are in charge of the animal shelter. It's Friday and the shelter is full. Someone brings in a matted, little female cocker spaniel. She's in pretty bad shape, obviously been neglected for a long time. She is "too much trouble" and they "just don't want her anymore. More...
This one is from the "You don't really expect me to believe that, do you?' file: "Al Parish, a former economics professor at the school who was known for loud sports coats and a Web site that depicted him in superhero costume, pleaded guilty in October to federal charges of fraud and lying to inv... More...
(AP) - A House committee will take up a bill that would put a cross and the words ''I Believe'' on license tags. The Education and Public Works Committee are to discuss the bill Wednesday afternoon. The legislation passed the Senate in a couple of days with no debate last month. More...
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