PERFECT READING WEATHER Gaffney resident Ashley Wilson reads a book while enjoying a little rest and relaxation with her dog at Gaffney City Park on Thursday. (Ledger photo / JOE L. HUGHES II) More...
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
A 25-year-old Charlotte, N.C., man appeared before a U.S. Magistrate in Columbia on Wednesday, where he learned he will have to post a $125,000 secured bond if he wants to be released while he awaits trial on charges that he robbed two pharmacies, including one in Gaffney last December. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
Local veterinarian Dr. Hillary Moore has soured on assurances from government officials that they would address concerns at the animal shelter. So, she pointedly asked Cherokee County Public Works Committee Chairman Bailey Humphries during Thursday's emergency call meeting, "This time will there be changes made? More...
One woman was being weighed down by an old credit card bill that kept growing higher and higher as interest mounted up. Another said debt collectors were so persistent they've even pestered her on Sundays. More...
Shahna Veree Blanton and Jonathan Ross Peterson, both of Blacksburg, eloped on Saturday, March 22, 2008, and exchanged vows in a 1:30 p.m. double ring ceremony at The White House Inn in Blacksburg. The bride is the daughter of J. Knox Blanton and Cheryl P. Blanton of Gaffney. Her grandparents are Joyce Poole, Ruth Blanton, the late Joe Dean Poole and the late L. More...
Gaffney gets just two hits off York ace in district playoff loss
Maybe the Gaffney Indians played some other York Cougars in the preseason tournament in February. The York team the Indians faced Thursday played nothing like the one they defeated 19-2 in the Frank Roach Memorial preseason tournament. More...
Wesley Floyd Stutts, 78, of 111 Filter Plant Road, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Ravenal, S.C. More...
DVD captures the legend of life on The Reservation
"You're gonna give me that T-shirt." This is one of the tentative titles for a chapter on a DVD chronicling Gaffney High's storied football history at The Reservation. Broadcasting students have spent the past year conducting interviews and locating film footage to cover 70 years of history at W.K. Brumbach Stadium. More...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A South Carolina lawmaker says a proposal to delay a property tax increase for real estate purchases will help the slumping housing market and keep large construction projects from going to other states. More...
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