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Local News June 25, 2007  RSS feed

Church puts a new twist on vacation Bible school
      The last bell of the school year usually signals the beginning of Vacation Bible School for many children, with daily lessons about the book's many characters and their examples of how we are to live our lives. But at Love Springs Baptist Church, the occasion took on added meaning this year as the children and parents decided to make this year's V.B.S.
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Two out-of-state men face drug charges here
      Two men from Colorado and Iowa were charged with crack cocaine possession last week when Metro Narcotics Unit agents executed a search warrant at a Gaffney hotel. James Stone Robben, 43, of Denver, Colo., was arrested at 10:15 a.m. with Michael Wayne Bentley, 54, of Keokuk, Iowa.
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Crime watch meeting
      A neighborhood crime watch group will meet today at 6:30 p.m. in the Cherokee County History Museum building on College Drive. Area residents are invited to attend the meeting to discuss ways to prevent crime. An organizational meeting in March resulted in suggestions, such as installing more lighting and security alarms and trimming back shrubbery around homes.
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Third reading on county's $17.9 million budget tonight
      Cherokee County Council is expected to pass third reading today of its $17.9 million 2007-'08 budget.
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SUMMER JOBS
      Zack Woods helps a Limestone College maintenance worker repaint McMillan Hall on Friday morning while on summer break from the University of South Carolina.
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Coroner gives tips for a safe Fourth
      Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler is urging local residents to make their safety a priority while enjoying the Fourth of July holiday and summer leisure activities. There have been seven traffic fatalities and an accidental drowning in Cherokee County this year.
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Wilkins gets 2007 CSWCD scholarship
      The Commissioners of the Cherokee Soil and Water Conservation District have announced that Jamison Brett Wilkins is recipient of the 2007 Conservation District Scholarship. Wilkins graduated from Gafffney High School in June with a GPA of 3.574.
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