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January 9, 2006 / Front Page

Former Peachtree Centre employee charged

By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

A former Peachtree Centre employee was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting a patient. More...

School district wants to ‘pre-qualify’ building project contractors

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

The Cherokee County School Board will discuss pre-qualifying contractors at Tuesday More...

Local News

Blacksburg firefighters honored at banquet

By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

The soldiers of the 89th MP Brigade carried the U.S. flag through Iraq, Iran and Kuwait during U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Thayer More...

Butler wins bravery award

By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

A Blacksburg man was honored Thursday for saving another man More...

Local legislators address packed house

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

Property tax relief and making sure landowners are protected from government taking their property are atop the General Assembly More...

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Sports

Woodruff holds off Wildcats’ rally

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com

A 17-point, fourth-quarter lead was just enough for the Woodruff Wolverines against Blacksburg Friday night. More...

Indians blow out Cougars

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com

Playing a tough non-region schedule did the Gaffney Indians a lot of good. More...

BRIEFS

WAGI to air Indians More...

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Inside Report

INSIDE REPORT

ROBERT NOVAK

TEXAS TANGLE WASHINGTON More...

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State News

Property tax the ’Godzilla issue’ this session

By SEANNA ADCOX Associated Press Writer

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) More...

Some of the issues lawmakers will be considering this year

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Legislators face several key issues Tuesday when they return to their Statehouse desks. Here More...

Judge sides with Catawbas on gambling

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) More...

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Lynching trial opens as the world watches

By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

The trial of six teens accused in the assault of a 16-year-old Gaffney boy begins today in Cherokee County General Sessions Court and the world will be watching. More...

Plant closing talk premature

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

A company that filed for bankruptcy might not be closing its Gaffney plant after all, a local development official said. More...

Park gets facelift as big day approaches

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Ledger Staff Writer scottb@gaffneyledger.com

After 225 years, it might be time for a facelift. The More...

Holly Brooke Sizemore and Steven Berl Davidson exchanged marriage vows on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005, at Grassy Pond Baptist Church. Dr. Roger Aycock and the Rev. Alan Peeler officiated the double ring ceremony at 2 p.m. More...

ANNIES MAILBOX

Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

Dear Annie: My young-adult son, More...

Club collects toys for Salvation Army

The Tuesday Woman More...

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Obituaries

Crystal Anderson Crystal Ramsey Anderson, 43, of Hernando, Mississippi died Jan. 7, 2006, at Firefighters Burn Center at The Med in Memphis, Tenn. More...

Kenneth Crawford Gaffney Ledger employee Kenneth E. Crawford, 66, of 1024 Buck Shoals Road, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at his residence. More...

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