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November 30, 2007
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Rare lunch date saves couple's home
'I usually work 12-hour shifts; I just happened to be off today'
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
Wanda Jones and Ryan Whelchel's schedules rarely offer them an opportunity to enjoy lunch together. So it was pure luck they noticed a burning smell in their Walnut Street home Thursday afternoon upon going there for their midday meal. More...
Pursuit ends with crash, arrest in Cherokee County
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

A Greer man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after leading Spartanburg Sheriff's Office deputies on a high-speed chase that ended with a crash in Cherokee County. While full details of the incident were not available from Spartanburg County as of Thursday evening, Antonio Undrell Bussey, 26, of G... More...

Veteran newsman joins Ledger

Pennsylvania native Tim Gulla has joined The Gaffney Ledger staff as its new police reporter. Gulla is a native of Swoyersville, Pa., a former coal mining town near Wilkes-Barre. More...

 Local News
•Saggy pants
There ought to be a law, or should there?
While many shoppers started their Christmas shopping Friday looking at toys and various appliances, 23-year-old Gaffney native Jeffrey Johnson spent much of his day hoping to find a pair of blue jeans that fit. "These ones seem too tight," Johnson said. "It is hard to find a good pair of jeans, w... More...
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•Two local businesses agree to sponsor stadium scoreboards
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 LifeStyles
•ANNIE'S MAILBOX
Mom doesn't like being object of teen's crush
Dear Annie: I live in Southern California and have two kids. The oldest is 12. She has a brown belt in karate and two of her friends (they're brothers) also have brown belts. The 15-year-old brother has a habit of talking to me every time I take my daughter to karate class. He comes up to the ca... More...
•Christmas on Campus welcomes the holiday season at Limestone
•10th Candlelight Tour of Churches is set for Dec. 4
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 Sports
•Union depth too much for Blacksburg
Blacksburg played Union County evenly for a half Thursday before the Yellow Jackets superior depth turned a close game into an 86-43 rout. Blacksburg (0-2) trailed Union County by seven points with one minute left in the first half. Led by 6'7 Clemson recruit Devin Booker, the Yellow Jackets went... More...
•Gaffney players ready to rumble in season opener against Cougars
•BRIEFS
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 Obituaries
•Mattie Jo'Lee Lockhart
Mattie Jo'Lee Lockhart, 65, of 127 Bethlehem Church Road, Grover, N.C., died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, in Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby. Born in Cleveland County, N.C., she was a daughter of the late Daisy Mae Lockhart and Henry Miller. She was an evangelist and member of Divine True ... More...
•Thomas A. Petty
•Pearlie S. Martin
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 Inside Report
•For many in Congress, big money trumps public service
WASHINGTON - Well-connected Republicans in Mississippi were shocked by more than the unexpected nature of Trent Lott's announced resignation Monday. They were stunned that Lott, in good health at age 66 and at the top of his game, was leaving the Senate one year into his fourth term in order to m... More...
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 Columns
•Something in the mist
An older man approached the water slide with a young child in tow and leaned down to give a little push. The man flipped head over heels over the child and went flying backwards down the water slide. The child looked around in apparent bewilderment as the man made a splash in a way he never inten... More...
•LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
•THEIR VIEWS
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