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June 22, 2007 RSS feed / Local News

Firefighters inhaled a ton of pot smoke

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...

Propane tank leak results in $3,750 fine

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...

City passes final reading of budget

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...

GHS graduate receives Metropolitan Scholarship

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...

Hospital volunteers select four scholarship recipients

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...

Naked couple found dead

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A naked couple found in the road died from multiple trauma as a result of falling about 50 feet from the roof of a downtown office building, the coroner's office said Thursday night. More...

Five teens arrested for vandalism unrelated to downtown incidents

Police said the arrest of five juveniles for vandalism Monday is not related to similar incidents that occurred in downtown Gaffney over the weekend. Officer John Fuller was on routine patrol at 8:45 p.m. More...

Lawmakers once again approve revising the way school board elections are held

A plan to revise the Cherokee County School Board election format has once again been passed by local lawmakers. More...

Library director to attend national conference

Lana Gardner, director of the Cherokee County Public Library, has been selected to attend the American Library Association's annual conference in Washington, D.C. More...

Local man named 'Master of the Year'

The required training for persons who join the armed forces can be rigorous on all levels - physical, mental and emotional. But John Dowdy, a former member of the U.S. More...

BHS graduate teacher of year

Terry Martin Carlton, an AP Biology and CSI teacher at Dorman High School in Spartanburg District 6, was recently named Teacher of the Year for 2007-2008. More...

Locals on Wofford Dean's List, another graduates

SPARTANBURG - Five Gaffney students have been named to the Dean's List for the 2007 Spring semester at Wofford College. More...