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June 15, 2007
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Gaffney Fire Capt. Jody Brasington (right) presents fire chief Steve Blanton a photo collage featuring pictures of his firefighters and fire trucks during Blanton's retirement dinner Thursday. "We have a fire department in this town that's second to none," Blanton said. More...

Two people were killed after their car overturned and caught fire just before 4 a.m. today. Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner said the bodies were so badly burned that dental records will have to be used to identify them. More...

Local contractor Sossamon Construction was the apparent winner of a contract to build a new Limestone Learning Center and 6- classroom Goucher Elementary addition when bids were opened Thursday. The company submitted a total bid of $5,616,000. The Gaffney contractor came in nearly $1.4 million un... More...

A Gaffney man whom police have said was part of a local family drug ring was sentenced to 11 1/2 years Thursday after pleading guilty to trafficking drugs. More...
Daughter trying to prove she comes first
Dear Annie: My husband of eight years has a 20-year-old daughter by another marriage. "Joy" goes to school and works part time. The problem is, he is obsessed with having her around. Every time she's here, we have to do some activity that she enjoys and that costs money. He always pays for whatev... More...
As far as Gaffney coach Phil Strickland is concerned, the defense benefits more than the offense at the passing leagues. The Indians open their passing league schedule this weekend at Clemson. I think it helps the defense more than the offense," Strickland said. "When you work against yourself i... More...
Thomas Allen ("T.C.") Davis III, 54, of 1616 Johnson St., High Point, N.C., died Wednesday in Wesley Long Community Hospital, Greensboro, N.C. Husband of Ruby M. Shippy Davis, he was born in Hempstead, N.Y., a son of the late Thomas and Mary Lee Hutchinson Davis. More...
Dear Cody: Please allow us to use your newspaper to let the community know of the tremendous support we had for the Cherokee County Literacy Association Golf Tournament. This is the second year of our tournament and we had a 68 percent increase over last year's tournament. We know this was poss... More...
Dorgan's poison pill
WASHINGTON - Democrat Byron Dorgan, who seldom has tasted legislative success during 15 years in the Senate, scored a dubious victory last week. He was able to insert a poison pill in the immigration reform bill that aimed at emasculating the essential guest worker program. More...

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