Blacksburg Assistant Fire Chief Clay Greer leads a funeral procession for Blacksburg Town Administrator and Fire Chief Danny McDaniel from Broad River Baptist Church to Mountain View Cemetery. Fire trucks lined Cherokee Street and two ladder trucks held a large American flag spanning the roadway for the procession to pass under. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
What happened to winter? Unseasonably warm weather has dominated the region for the past several weeks, but that's about to change. A blast of cold air is expected to mix with moisture off the coast to produce a quarter-of-an-inch of snow here Thursday morning. More...
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com
The father of an 8-year-old Gaffney girl who was killed in a July automobile crash has admitted he was driving drunk when he wrecked his vehicle in October, injuring two children. Robert Moore, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of felony driving under the influence with great bodily injury and one count of child endangerment. More...
Paulo Avila traveled from his home in Brazil last weekend to begin his college education and play tennis at Limestone College this spring. Avila, a freshman from Rio de Janiero, spent Tuesday completing the enrollment process and working on his English-speaking skills. He studied engineering for two years in Brazil and plans to major in business administration at Limestone College. More...
Dear Annie: I'm 19 and attending college. I room with five other girls, and the father of one of them, "Debbie," owns the house we live in. The problem? Debbie believes that since it is her father's house, she gets to make all the rules. We all agree on no drinking, smoking or doing drugs, but she likes to make up others. More...
In his stint as offensive coordinator, Greg Lawson turned the Gaffney Indians offense into one of the most potent in the state. He'll try to do the same as head coach at Laurens High School. Lawson replaces J.R. Boyd, who resigned after two years on the job. The Raiders qualified for the playoffs twice under Boyd. More...
Franklin Bridges, 77, of Pine Knot, Ky., passed away Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, in Lake Cumb e r l a n d R e g i o n a l H o s p i t a l , Somerset, Ky. Born Feb. 29, 1929, he was the husband of Frances "Pat" Bridges and son of Rosa Lee Simmons Bridges of Gaffney and the late Edward Bridges. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa, and a son-in-law, Johnny Coffey. More...
Thanks to all the support we received from within our community, our 2006 Christmas program was a huge success. With your help we were able to provide a brighter Christmas for 906 of our neighbors who, for one reason or another, found themselves in need of Christmas assistance. More...
WASHINGTON - A beaming Harry Reid last week basked in the adoration of the Democratic Party's leading Senate reformers and its nine freshman senators. They extravagantly praised the new majority leader as the exemplar of ethical reform. But within 48 hours, Reid was opposing full transparency of earmarks. More...
I really, really enjoy watching sports on TV. College football, pro football, golf, and college basketball are my favorites and sometimes I enjoy baseball and pro basketball. More...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A state senator whose first wife suffered a painful death wants the state to legalize medical marijuana use. Sen. Bill Mescher of Pinopolis says the issue has been on his mind for about 20 years. ''My first wife died of lung cancer - a long agonizing death,'' the Republican lawmaker said. More...
Sports-themed UCMC event helps teachers stay healthy