<!-- Page Number: 1--> It's not uncommon for gamblers to want to spend some time at the track. What authorities uncovered in Blacksburg brings new meaning to that term. Deputies from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and agents from the S.C. Law Enforcement Division seized 119 gambling machines valued at more than $100,000 Monday afternoon, said Cherokee County Sheriff Bill Blanton. More...
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
<!-- Page Number: 1--> The Cherokee County School Board will see a balanced $58 million budget with no tax increase when it meets to formally approve the budget next month. School trustees spent much of a two-hour meeting Tuesday reviewing a preliminary budget that totals $58,358,828. More...
County considering ways, including layoffs, to make up projected $780,085 budget shortfall
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
<!-- Page Number: 1--> Interim Cherokee County Administrator Ben Clary on Monday proposed eliminating 34 positions, raising taxes and making cuts in capital expenditures as options to bridge a whopping $780,085 budget deficit. Clary delivered the stark financial forecast at the Cherokee County Council meeting. More...
<!-- Page Number: 2--> In preparation of this weekend's Relay For Life, organizers are holding "Bank Day" on Thursday at the Palmetto Bank on South Limestone Street in Gaffney. Anyone who has raised money for the Relay is encouraged to turn those donations in between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. More...
Children don't want to see parents give up their authority
<!-- Page Number: 6--> Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for four years and together for six. Each of us has a young child from a previous relationship, and we have a toddler daughter together. At first, his 9-year-old son, "Dean," stayed with us almost every weekend and at least one or two nights during the week. More...
Current assistants likely replacement for Coach Ireton
<!-- Page Number: 12--> Longtime Gaffney boys assistant basketball coach Mark Ireton admitted leaving the successful program was difficult but becoming a head coach was too special to pass up. Ireton was named Monday night as the new boys varsity basketball coach at Woodruff High School. More...
<!-- Page Number: 8--> James Marcus Rollins, 78, of 229 Bonner Road, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Rutherford County, N.C., he was the widower of June Carol Godfrey Rollins and son of the late James Wade Rollins and Etheryn Hammett Rollins. More...
Relay for Life