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April 16, 2008 / Local News

Run raises $2,700 for First Steps

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Limestone College students raised more than $2,700 Saturday at a benefit run for Cherokee County First Steps. A total of 79 runners participated in 5K and 1-mile runs organized by the Limestone College Student Alumni Leadership Council (SALC). More...

Melton makes Dean's List

James Michael Melton has been named to the Dean's List at Johnson & Wales University in Denver, Colo. Melton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Melton, graduated from Presbyterian College with a business degree and is studying culinary arts. More...

BPW waiting on school district to finalize scoreboard contract

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

The (t)s have yet to be crossed and (i)s haven't been dotted in the Gaffney Board of Public Works' contract to become a primary sponsor of Gaffney High School's new football stadium scoreboard. More...

Awards day set for May 6

Gaffney High School will hold its Senior Awards Day program May 6 at 6:30 p.m. Local residents and organizations that would like to announce scholarships must submit scholarship winners' names to the school by April 23. More...

Jack Roper and Weatherman Band at Iron City Festival

BLACKSBURG - Jack Roper and The Weatherman Band will be at the Iron City Festival on Saturday, April 19. The band will perform at the gazebo from 1-1:45 p.m. and 2:15-3 p.m. Roper will present a magic show from 1:45-2:15 p.m. More...

Picnic table stolen from yard

Three men in a black Dodge truck reportedly stole a heavy wood picnic table from an Ellis Ferry Road yard Thursday. The property owner noticed the theft of the table, valued at about $100, upon returning home at about 1:30 p.m. More...

Blacksburg, Gaffney students will take exit exam next week

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

About 700 Blacksburg and Gaffney high students will spend next week taking care of important business for graduating high school. Students will spend April 22-24 taking the High School Assessment Program (HSAP). More...

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REMEMBERING KATHY- The Gaffney High School cafeteria staff will sponsor a huge yard sale on Saturday April 19, at Fowler's Used Cars on Hwy. 29, across from the former Sunny Slope Peach Shed. More...

Spratt says Garment Technologies workers can apply for aid

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) announced Tuesday that workers laid off from Garment Technologies, Inc., of Gaffney, including onsite leased workers from Signum, LLC, are eligible to apply for federal assistance. More...

City department heads present budget requests

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

City of Gaffney Administrator James Taylor will be putting the squeeze - so to speak - on city department heads to stay within the spending limits for the proposed 2008-'09 budget. More...

Post office maintains regular schedule on 'Tax Day'

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

Mail pickup for post office locations in Cherokee County remained on regular schedule Tuesday despite a midnight deadline to file 2007 income tax returns. More...

Drunk drivers face stiffer penalties

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Drunk drivers who get caught by police will face increased penalties beginning in February 2009. After several weeks of wrangling between South Carolina's House of Representatives and Senate, a compromise bill placed before Gov. More...

Republican Danny Stacy officially kicks off his campaign for House District 29 seat

Danny Stacy, a lifelong Gaffney resident and 35-plusyear local small business owner officially kicks off his candidacy for the Republican nomination for South Carolina House District 29 today beginning at 8:30 a.m. More...

Do you love the Cherokee County Library? Tell everyone about it

Do you love the Cherokee County Public Library? More...

Teddy Bears

Diannah Ellis and her mother, Rosetta Dawkins, are pictured with Clint Pierson, staffing coordinator at Brookview HealthCare, and Lelia Smith, Brookview's activities assistant. Mrs. Ellis and Ms. More...

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GOING, GOING, GONE - Hayden Trnavsky, left, of Hamrick's presents Judy Nix, Director of the Cherokee Children's Home, with four $250 Hamrick's gift cards. More...

Cheek named manager

Libbie Cheek, a lifelong resident of Cherokee County, has been hired as the Cherokee County Relationship Manager for United Way of the Piedmont. More...