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Christmas came a bit early for 140 Cherokee County children Saturday when they went on $100 shopping sprees at Wal Mart, courtesy of "Christmas is for Kids. More...

A Gaffney man was killed Saturday night when he rode his bicycle into the path of a sports utility vehicle on S.C. Highway 150, said Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler. Kevin Eugene Sarratt, 44, of 528 Boiling Springs Hwy., was pronounced dead at the scene. More...

Verlisha Littlejohn's family will hold a prayer vigil Wednesday while police investigate whether a burned body found Dec. 6 in Georgia matches the Gaffney woman's description. Littlejohn, 24, was last seen by her family Nov. 28. More...

Three Limestone College employees celebrated their college graduation over the weekend by going back to work today. Rosalyn Foote, Teresa Bratt and Amy Dover have spent the past four years attending Internet and evening classes made available through the college's Extended Campus program. More...
Mom-to-be must do what's best for child
Dear Annie: I'm 25, and my boyfriend, "Jason," and I got pregnant despite using birth control. Jason was very happy about it, but when I was three months along, his family convinced him he is not ready to have a baby and he asked me to have an abortion. I said I wouldn't and told him he was free ... More...
A touchdown midway through the fourth quarter by Blue Ridge's Julius Booker helped South Carolina put an end to a twogame losing streak in the Shrine Bowl Saturday as the Sandlappers edged North Carolina 31-24 at a wet, soggy Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg. More...
Walter David Pelzer Jr., 62, of 201 Byars Circle, passed away Dec. 16 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Oklahoma, he was the husband of Ola Richards Pelzer and son of the late Walter David Pelzer Sr. and Billie Pelzer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and was disabled. More...
WASHINGTON - Republican insiders, puzzled by the sudden rise of Mike Huckabee as a serious presidential candidate, are overlooking the role played for him by actor Chuck Norris. Called "Huckabee's Oprah" in Hollywood, Norris is helping the former governor of Arkansas in much the same way that Op... More...
GUEST COLUMNIST
My son, wonderful as he is, has every single one of my flaws. In addition to his inheritance of my awkward physique, he has all of my mental quirks and disagreeable tendencies. Like me, he doesn't see the glass as half full or half empty, he wants something else to drink in a completely different... More...