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Police don’t take a shine to distillery

By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com
Narcotics agents have seized more than 200 gallons of moonshine and destroyed a More...

Man shot to death; 2 suspects at large

By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

Authorities are looking for two people today after one man was fatally shot and another wounded in what police said was a drug deal gone bad. More...

Local News

Man sentenced to 25 years for stealing $1,000 motorcycle

By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

A Gaffney man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing a motorcycle worth less than $1,000. More...

Search continues for suspect in armed robbery of cafe

By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

Police continue to search for an armed robbery suspect after attempts by the Cherokee County Bloodhound Tracking Team to locate the man were unsuccessful. More...

Fowler sees a steady future with Matt Stone job

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Ledger Staff Writer scottb@gaffneyledger.com

Gaffney More...

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Sports

Gaffney’s Blackwell pursuing NASCAR dream

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Sports Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Lee Blackwell will begin living his dream this fall when he begins competing on the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series. More...

BRIEFS

Gaffney Middle The Gaffney Middle School will hold football tryouts, beginning Aug. 8 from 4-5:30 p.m. Rising seventh and eighth graders must have a completed physical form for the tryout. More...

Post 109 advances to finals with 10-9 win over Lancaster

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Sports Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Gaffney American Legion Post 109 advanced to the state finals with Wednesday More...

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Trying to determine if civil rights violation occurred
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

Feds weigh lynching case The U.S. Attorney More...

Festival wraps up with races, mud bog

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

There will be a lot of mudslinging Saturday when the South Carolina Peach Festival holds a mud bog at Orchard Park at 7 p.m. More...

HEAT WAVE Expect near-record highs to continue

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Ledger Staff Writer scottb@gaffneyledger.com

After a week or so of above-average temperatures and heat indexes that are edging above 100 degrees, Gaffney residents are certainly aware that summer is here. And they More...

Grant will help repair homes in East Gaffney

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Cherokee County has received a $20,000 planning grant to develop a plan for housing rehabilitation in the East Gaffney area. More...

LifeStyles

Pruitt – Drennon

SENECA More...

Miss Brown, Mr. Ruppe wed in seaside ceremony

April Elaine Brown and Bryan Alton Ruppe exchanged marriage vows on the beach Thursday, July 14, 2005. The Rev. Lamar Boulware conducted the 7:30 p.m. ceremony in North Myrtle Beach. More...

Kirby – Mayberry

Laquantra Evay Kirby and Deon Terell Mayberry, both of Gaffney, will be married on August 6 at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church. More...

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Obituaries

OBITUARIES

Rev. Woodrow Monroe Baptist minister for 56 years More...

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Columns

People I spoke with are disgusted with attack

Tara Jennings

I have to question why Rev. Jesse Jackson feels he needs to address More...

OUR VIEW

We support young victim and his family We condemn in the strongest possible terms the unprovoked and violent attack against an innocent pedestrian two weeks ago. More...

LETTERS

Supports the proposed College Drive park Dear Editor: More...

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National News

China’s currency rises against U.S. dollar

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press Writer

SHANGHAI, China More...

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