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Trustee wants attendance lines redrawn to relieve overcrowding
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in Washington will determine whether the Cherokee County School District can change attendance lines to help relieve overcrowding in four elementary schools. More ...
16 pounds of pot, cocaine seized, two charged
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com Narcotics agents seized 16 pounds of marijuana, more than three ounces of powder cocaine and more than an ounce of crack cocaine Monday evening. More ...
County council approves first reading of $17,620,463 budget
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com Using a poker analogy, Cherokee County Interim Administrator Ben Clary told Cherokee County Council on Monday he doesn't want to count on cards that have yet to be dealt. That's why he opted to pay for a 3 percent cost-of-living raise for county employees without the $300,000 the county will likely More ...
Gaffney business leaders will be charged and arrested Thursday
By ERICA LONG Ledger Intern erica@gaffneyledger.com The annual Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Lock-Up will be held at Sagebrush Steakhouse in Gaffney on Thursday, May 18, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. More ...
Ninth annual 'Prom Bash' this Friday
By ERICA LONG Ledger Intern erica@gaffneyledger.com Gaffney High School will hold its ninth annual Prom Bash on Friday at W.K. Brumbach Stadium. More ...
Gaffney High distributes latest version of its veterans book
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com Billy Mullinax recalls his time with the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War simply in the fifth book of veterans stories published by Gaffney High history students. More ...
Matheny will participate in South Carolina Teaching Fellows program at Lander
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com Gaffney High student Kristin Matheny discovered she enjoyed teaching this year while working as an instructor at Julia's Dance Company. More ...
Antioch VFD hopes portraits will raise money for equipment
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com The Antioch Volunteer Fire Department is raising money to buy equipment. More ...
RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
Kayce Peterson (left) was presented a scholarship from Cherokee Bail Bonding by Deborah McCluney. Kayce is attending Limestone College, where she is majoring in education. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Peterson of Gaffney. More ...
Blacksburg Welcome Center will celebrate Tourism Day
Visitors are invited to stop by the S.C. Welcome Center Thursday in Blacksburg for See America Week celebration centered around a peaches and cream theme. More ...
BRIEFS
Oldham receives scholarship to MSU SPRINGFIELD - Brian Oldham, son of Robert S. and Donna C. Oldham of Gaffney, has received an out of state fee stipend of $4,920 from Missouri State University. More ...
Against all odds
Teen succeeding despite tragedies, difficult circumstances By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Ledger Staff Writer scottb@gaffneyledger.com Making it to prom can seem like a tough job for a lot of couples. But for Gaffney's Polly Ruppe and Ryan Parker, the obstacles seemed almost insurmountable. More ...
County council creates Municipal Airport Authority
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com The push to construct a county airport got off the ground barely Monday when Cherokee County Council approved a resolution that creates a Municipal Airport Authority. More ...
How sweet it is
Hospital employees take a pie in the face for a good cause Call it a test of character or a call to duty or just a sticky sweet mess, but the employees and doctors at Upstate Carolina Medical Center know how to raise money in the fight against cancer-they smash pies into each others' faces. More ...
EMS Appreciation Week
By Patrick Gibbons Paramedic, UCMC Emergency Medical Services It's 11:30 p.m. you notice your father is looking pale and sweaty as he leaves the bathroom. He tells you he has not felt good for the past half hour. He says has vomited and the indigestion won't go away and now he hurts into his left arm. You know from what you have seen on TV, something is really More ...
Medics back up SERT
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Emergency Response Team (SERT) responds to high-risk situations such as hostage rescue and suspects who have barricaded themselves from police. More ...
GHS students circle the globe
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com More than 2,000 Gaffney High students circled the globe Friday morning before starting a daylong trip around the world in their classes. More ...
Sears donates lawnmower for raffle
GaffneySears of Gaffney has donated a Craftsman lawnmower to raffle off in support of the Alzheimer's Association. More ... Local News RSS feed |
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