With good times and a wealth of hardhitting football action, Starmax is the place to be on Sundays as the NFLSocial Club takes over the venue's sports bar area. During the football season, very few fans have control over whether they will be able to root their team to victory as television networks determine which parts of the country will see what games. More...
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
Tickets have been secured for a terminally ill Gaffney man to attend his first South Carolina football game. Blacksburg resident Linda McDaniel received numerous phone calls with ticket offers from South Carolina fans over the weekend. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
The housing market brightened slightly last month. There were seven new home starts in the county, up from six in August 2006, according to the most recent report issued by the Home Builders Association of Cherokee County. The value of the new homes was higher, too. The average value of home starts in August 2007 was $122,000 - up from $107,000 August 2006. More...
The county needs to make a financial commitment to make the proposed Lake Whelchel soccer complex a reality, Gaffney Mayor Henry Jolly said. Speaking at the Cherokee County Chamber retreat Friday in Charleston, Gaffney Mayor Henry Jolly said it's time for the county to appropriate funds for the project. More...
Dear Annie: I have known "Celia" for five years and love her like a sister. A few months ago, I found out that Celia's husband is having an affair with a former employee. I know he meets this woman at various outof the-way places and that he leaves work in the middle of the day to see her on her lunch hour. More...
Woodruff took advantage of six Blacksburg turnovers Friday to turn a close game at halftime into a 47-9 rout. Woodruff led 19-9 at halftime on three touchdowns from running back Maurice Gilliam. Two scores were set up by interceptions of Blacksburg quarterback Dustin Byars. More...
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Elizabeth Turner Sisk, 80, of 109 Ezra Road, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, at Wendover Hospice. Mrs. Sisk was the widow of Ralph Sisk and was first married to the late Clyde L. James. She was the daughter of the late Hook Turner and the late Lettie Bell Turner. She was a member of Love Memorial Baptist Church and a retired textile employee. More...
RUDY'S COUP WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani scored a hit with conservative activists by getting ahead of his Republican presidential competitors in blasting Sen. Hillary Clinton for not denouncing MoveOn.org's attack on Gen. David Petraeus. More...
So the missus and I recently took a few days off from work. We didn't go to any place exotic, didn't see any fancy sculptures or cathedrals or get gondoliered on any historic canals, although we did ride one of those little boats shaped like a duck that you pedal like a bicycle. More...
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