Public works employees prepare to set up the City of Gaffney's Christmas tree Tuesday beside the Michael Gaffney log cabin. The Christmas tree was donated to the city by Hamrick Mills Inc. More...
Here is the list of donors to Christmas Is For Kids, sponsored by this newspaper. Mail contributions to: Christmas Is For Kids The Gaffney Ledger PO Box 670 Gaffney, SC 29342 or bring them by The Gaffney Ledger, 1604 W. Floyd Baker Blvd. More...
Blacksburg High will wait until January before moving into a ninth grade addition scheduled for final inspection early next month. Contractor Randolph Builders of Charlotte is in the final stages of completing a $6.3 million addition beside the school cafeteria. More...
Festivities get underway Friday evening with tree lighting ceremony
Christmas on Limestone gives the City of Gaffney an opportunity to celebrate the season with every citizen. On Friday, Nov. 30, the event will be officially announced by the Town Crier at 6 p.m. in Gaffney's City Hall Park prior to the lighting of the Christmas tree by Mayor Henry Jolly. More...
Stacey Parris has the formidable task of rebuilding the Gaffney girls basketball program which finished 7-13 a year ago and 4-8 in the region - and she appears up to the challenge. "We will put a lot of emphasis on building a complete program," said Parris, who played collegiately at Wofford and... More...
SPARTANBURG - The Rev. Donald Gardner Roper, 84, of 400 Webber Road, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the husband of Annette Hatcher Roper and the son of the late Herschell True Roper and Beulah Gard... More...
Dear Editor: I agree with Mrs. Hames and Mr. Mullinax that it is time for Coach (Robbie) Blanton to go. Blacksburg has become the joke of our region. I am sick of the excuses that we are young and it's the kids' fault. Not only does Coach Blanton need to go, but the entire varsity coaching sta... More...
Every year at this time I use this column to promote The Ledger's annual fundraiser, "Christmas is for Kids.' Following is basically the same one I've written for the past several years with minor changes to reflect the current effort. Last year, Ledger readers donated about $12,000 and 119 Cherok... More...
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