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April 18, 2007  RSS feed

SOMETHING IN THE WIND
Local student's return to class at Va. Tech was delayed by weather
It was the wind and the grace of God that kept Gaffney's Adrienne Edwards from returning to Virginia Tech on Sunday evening. The daughter of Collis and Gwendolyn Edwards, Adrienne visited her brother in Clemson this past weekend. High winds on Sunday caused her to decide to delay her return trip to Blacksburg, Va. More...
School district staring at huge budget deficit
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

The Cherokee County School District faces a projected budget deficit up to $6 million for the 2007- 2008 school year. Superintendent Dr. Bill James said the deficit is due to not maintaining the Education Improvement Act's local tax effort rate, a decline in county property values and the impact of state budget cuts since 2004. More...

Woman killed; injured children struggle from wreck to seek help
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

A former Gaffney woman died in a single-vehicle accident at 2:30 a.m. Monday in Lancaster County, according to Cpl. Bryan McDougald of the S.C. Highway Patrol. Salina Gayle Upchurch, 31, of Myrtle Beach, died at the scene of the accident on Highway 903, about 11 miles east of Lancaster. Upchurch was a Gaffney native. More...

 Local News
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Cherokee County School District maintenance workers Ronnie Wilson and Kenny Estes assemble one of the 10 picnic tables that will be placed in the Blacksburg Elementary courtyard. The school held a fundraiser recently to purchase the tables. More...
• County facing budget deficit
• Suspect in two armed robberies arrested
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 LifeStyles
• article has image ANNIE'S MAILBOX
Husband's relationship with brother causing rift
Dear Annie: My husband of nine years has a brother, "Daniel," whom I have never been comfortable with, but have tolerated. My husband's sister will not allow Daniel in her home, and another brother will not even speak to him. Daniel lives several hours away and recently invited himself to visit for the weekend. He brought his new girlfriend, whom we did not invite or want to stay with us. More...
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• article has image Limestone inducts members into History Honor Society
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 Sports
• Shrine Bowl wannabes to face strength, speed tests
South Carolina Shrine Bowl Head Coach Dave Farnham announced Monday the Sandlappers will employ a combine process which will measure and test height, weight, vertical jump, 40-yard dash, pro agility (20 Yard) shuttle, and bench press. More...
• article has image Gaffney primed for the playoffs
• article has image Gaffney edges Mavs in playoff
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 Obituaries
• article has image Modestine C. Fowler
Mrs. Modestine Camp Fowler, 79, of 129 A n t h o n y S t r e e t , Gaffney, formerly of 700 D o g w o o d D r i v e , G a f f n e y, widow of Mr. Lincoln Matthew Fowler, passed Tuesday morning, April 17, at 11:22 A.M., at her residence. Daughter of the late John Robert Manning and the late Lillie Camp Manning, she was a native of Cherokee County, South Carolina. More...
• Catherine S. Savage
• article has image Chauncey L. Wilson Sr.
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 Letters
• Says taxpayers should be in uproar over Greene situation
Dear Editor: Here we go again. Can you believe the "Good Ole Boy" or should I say "Good Ole Girl" politics over the Joel Greene incident? Here is a man (and the word man is used loosely) who has not only lied on his application, but has a personal babysitter because of his incompetence. More...
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