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March 5, 2008 RSS feed / Local News

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Works of female artists featured

By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
Move over St. Patrick, the women are on their way. For years, the month of March had strictly been reserved in honor of the Irish influence on the nation. More...

35 tables of food will provide 'A Taste of Cherokee'

By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com

Final preparations are being made for Thursday's "A Taste of Cherokee" event at First Baptist Church of Gaffney, with several local businesses scurrying to put together select food and table items. More...

Firefighters burn down house owned by Blacksburg police chief

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

A home owned by Blacksburg Police Chief Jamie Ham burned to the ground Thursday night and he was happy about it. The home on East Cherokee Street had already been struck by fire once before, about four years ago, and was beyond repair. More...

District sets makeup date

The Cherokee County School District has scheduled a makeup day for all students for Friday, March 21. Students will attend school to make up the day missed Jan. 17 because of snow. More...

Identity theft, fraud workshop March 7 in Spartanburg

SPARTANBURG - South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs will hold an identity theft and fraud workshop Friday, March 7, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Spartanburg County Public Library, 151 S. Church St. More...

BPW approves $37 million budget

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

Without debate, Gaffney Board of Public Works commissioners approved a new spending plan Tuesday that holds the line on rates and gives employees more money in their pockets. More...

NRC will seek public input on Duke project

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

Local citizens will get an opportunity May 1 to have their say concerning Duke Energy's proposed nuclear power station. That's when the U.S. More...

2007 capital investment was $80.1 million, report shows

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

Although 2007's economic investment figures didn't approach the record-setting mark of 2006, local development officials weren't complaining either. More...

Owner asks court to return video poker machines

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Arguing their client was an innocent third party and that video poker machines aren't necessarily contraband, lawyers for a New Jersey company that owns the 119 video poker machines seized during a May 2007 police raid in Blacksburg are asking the More...

Stolen vehicle strikes deputy's police cruiser, driver escapes on foot

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

A Cherokee County Sheriff's Deputy escaped injury when his cruiser was struck by the driver of a stolen vehicle late Monday night. An apartment in Connecticut Village, however, sustained some damage when the stolen vehicle hit the building. More...

Gaffney police investigating three strong-armed robberies

Gaffney Police are investigating three strong-arm robberies that occurred since Friday. More...

Children OK

CHILDREN OK - A daycare center bus carrying about a dozen young children was rearended Monday afternoon at the intersection of Bonner Lake Road and North Limestone Street. More...