Thousands of local residents packed Limestone Street on Friday night for the City of Gaffney's annual Christmas on Limestone celebration and to show their support for the Gaffney Indians football team at a pep rally. "It was an incredible crowd," said Will Hawkins, who attended the event with wife Kelly and daughters Clara and Lindy. More...

Dear Annie: My nephew's parents are dead, and I have always been close to him. His ex-wife and daughter live in a shabby mobile home. The place is squalid. I am not talking about cobwebs on the ceiling. I am talking filth and bugs. I asked if I could help clean up, and she agreed. I filled six large trash bags and still uncovered only a quarter of the kitchen floor. More...

Malcolm Long got the Christmas present he really wanted - another state championship. Long completed three touchdown passes and rushed for two more as the Indians captured their second straight Class 4A Division I state championship with a 45-0 victory over Irmo on Saturday. More...

COWPENS - Don Edward (Popa) Henson, 61, of 419 Oakdale Road, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006, at his residence. Born in Asheville, N.C., he was the loving husband of Rhonda Jones Henson for 25 years and son of the late Austin T. Henson and Bonnie Henson. Mr. Henson was a heavy equipment operator, diesel mechanic and worked in construction. More...

HAMSTRINGING BUSH WASHINGTON - Sen. Harry Reid, leading the Senate's new Democratic majority, is framing next year's schedule in a way that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for President Bush to give recess appointments to nominees blocked for confirmation. More...

It is Saturday. I am watching a football game on TV as I write this column. Strange arrangement? Not really. I needed to write this column today, but since retiring, watching football on Saturday is what I do in the Fall. Except for church and home Panther games, it is what I do on Sunday also. I watch six to seven games on a weekend. More...

PICKENS, S.C. (AP) - Taxpayers in Pickens County are suing the school district there because of a plan to build new schools even after voters rejected a request from the board to issue bonds to pay for the construction. Similar lawsuits have been filed in other school districts, including Cherokee County's current building plan, paying for construction through an installment purchase agreement. More...