EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - Firefighters who spent half an hour fighting a blaze in which 2,000 pounds of marijuana went up in smoke breathed so much of it that they would have failed a drug test, a fire chief said. More...
A Wisconsin maintenance company was slapped with a fine when at least 6,000 gallons of propane leaked from a tank at The Timken Company's Gaffney Bearing Plant in Gaffney last month. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
As expected, Gaffney City Council passed final reading Monday on its $10,881,663 budget that includes a 4-mill tax hike and a 3 percent cost-ofliving raise for city employees. The owner of a $100,000 home will pay an extra $16 a year in taxes. More...
Heather Renea Vess of 150 Ballenger Road in Gaffney, has received a Metropolitan Scholarship from the University of South Carolina Upstate, where she plans to pursue a degree in biology with pre-medicine studies. More...
The volunteers at Upstate Carolina Medical Center have selected four students from 13 applicants to receive hospital scholarships for 2007. They are Kristina Painter, Brittany Mann , Brook Montgomery, all of Gaffney, and Allyn Wong of Inman. More...