Goucher-White Plains firefighters practice their interior fire attack methods Saturday at a vacant home along Pacolet Highway that was being burned at the request of the property owner. Firefighters set multiple fires inside the structure throughout the day and practiced firefighting techniques. The drills allowed new firefighters to experience a blaze in a controlled situation. More...
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com
Bill Poole helped organize the Central Historic Crime Watch Group after noticing an increase in vandalism and more serious crimes in the historic district of Gaffney. He hopes the crime watch group will slow down the trend. Poole has been living in his Union Street home since 1964 and never noticed a problem with crime until lately. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
Call it the local government officials' version of March Madness. Gaffney Administrator James Taylor unveiled his 2007-2008 budget calendar at last week's Gaffney City Council meeting. More...
A Gaffney man claims he was the victim of a strongarm robbery while riding his bicycle in Blacksburg. James Nesbitt Jenkins, 29, of 118 Monticello St., told police he was riding his bicycle at 100 Bolin Road on Saturday at 12:30 a.m. when a truck pulled up alongside him, according to an incident report on file at the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department. More...
Dear Annie: I have a 50-year-old single friend who visits us three or four times a year. "Sally" is a wonderful person and a good houseguest, except for one thing. The woman will not wash her hands. She takes a very quick shower in the morning, but for the rest of the day, her hands never see soap again. More...
The Pig Bowl was a success Saturday. Not only were funds raised for a Limestone College student who has Hodgkins' lymphoma cancer, but the rivalry between the Gaffney Police Department and Cherokee County Sheriff's Department deputies was once again renewed on the field. More...
Sanford Augustus Wolfe Jr., 64, of 524 Silica Springs Road, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 9, 2007, at his residence. Born in Mocksville, N.C., he was the husband of Becky Spencer Wolfe and son of the late Sanford Augustus Wolfe Sr. and Frances Deaver Wolfe. More...
RICHARDSON RISING WASHINGTON - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is viewed by Democratic insiders as rising to the top of the party's second-tier presidential candidates, becoming a leading vice-presidential prospect and an increasingly possible nominee for president. More...
Students learn how to respond to emergencies during extensive CERT training