South Carolina Department of Transportation salt trucks hit the road Wednesday afternoon in advance of the first significant winter storm of the year that dumped as much as a half-inch of snow here. "We started (Wednesday) when the weather was dry, coating the interstate and bridges with the salt and brine mixture," DOT maintenance supervisor Bobby Middleton said. More...
Soldiers' messages home featured in exhibit now at local library
By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Ledger Staff Writer scottb@gaffneyledger.com
As Gaffney's National Guard Unit prepares for a mission in Afghanistan, they know they aren't the only soldiers from the Palmetto State overseas right now. In recognition of all the South Carolinians who have been deployed, the S.C. More...
Child Find is looking for children - not for missing children, but children who may be missing out on special education services they need to help them be successful in school. If there appears to be a delay in any area of your child's development, you can seek assistance from Child Find. Even if your child is not yet school age, your child may need screening and evaluation services. More...
Gaffney residents might be more convinced than ever that six more weeks of winter are upon them after a recent snowfall, but today is the day the world officially finds out from everyone's favorite woodchuck, Punxsutawney Phil. That's right, Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day. And in Punxsutawney, Pa. More...
Dear Annie: I am 65-year-old semiretired female and have met a 68- year-old retired male, "Richard." My question is, after three months, spending many evenings with him and being physically intimate, I feel he does not treat me the way he did before. Lately, he's become very cheap. More...
The Limestone Lady Saints lacrosse team is ranked No. 1 in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, as released by the league office on Wednesday. Limestone finished last season with a 16-4 overall record (9-1 CVAC). Pfeiffer and Queens round out the top three slots in the poll as voted on by the conference's head coaches. More...
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - William Edward "Billy Buckwheat" Sparks, 47, of 121 Knollcrest Drive, Gaffney, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Born in Gaffney, he was the son of Betty Knight Sparks of the home and the late Joe Mac Sparks Sr. Mr. Sparks was a Show Car Coordinator for Hollywood Productions in Gaffney. He was a member of Providence Baptist Church and was a Shriner. More...
Legislators have been talking tough since an audit found the state Transportation Department squandered tens of millions of dollars on cushy contractors, engaged in high-level favoritism and deliberately misled the Legislature. The agency won't receive another penny, they say, until it's overhauled. More...
WASHINGTON - Pollster Frank Luntz for the past decade issued warnings to his fellow Republicans that they did not want to hear, but never has been so out of touch with them as he is today. "The Republican message machine is a skeleton of its former self," Luntz told me. "These people have no idea how the American people react to them. More...
As anti-winter as I am, I woke up Thursday morning surprisingly giddy about the half-inch of wet snow that had accumulated. Maybe it was because, for the first time in years, I experienced a "brown" Northwestern Pennsylvania Christmas instead of the more traditional "White Christmas. More...
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction. Phil did not see his shadow on Friday which, according to German folklore, means folks can expect an early spring instead of six more weeks of winter. More...
OK, Mister Groundhog, what's it going to be?