Residents confront council; demand changes at shelter
Three years into her fight for more humane treatment of the animals at the local animal shelter, animal rights advocate Judy Wyles said the county still has yet to embrace her suggestions. In fact, she told Cherokee County Council members on Monday her efforts have been met with varying degrees of "disrespect and threats. More...
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
The effects of a series of tornadoes that ran through the nation's midsection a few weeks ago were being felt hundreds of miles away as Cherokee County residents mourned the loss of one of their own. Former Gaffney resident Samuel Berry, 20, died from injuries sustained in a tornado that struck his hometown of Picher, Okla., on May 10. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
Cherokee County Council signed off Monday on an $18.7 million spending plan that increases property taxes by 2.06 mills. The new property tax rate will be 66.4 mill for county operations. The tax hike would add about eight more dollars to a tax bill on a home valued at $100,000. More...
A former Gaffney Police Department officer found himself in a reverse position last week, this time as a victim. A storage locker on Floyd Baker Boulevard being rented by former Sgt. Scott Tallent, 41, of Gaffney, was broken into sometime between 5 p.m. on May 12 and 9 a.m. on May 13, according to a report at the Gaffney Police Department. More...
Dara Thompson appears in the Gaffney Little Theatre's production of the classic musical, The Secret Garden, as Mary Lennox as she joins hands with Lily, long-dead wife of Archibald Craven, portrayed by Meg Foster. Mary, whose parents died of cholera in India, is taken in by Archibald Craven, a bitter hunchback who has been inconsolable since his beloved wife, Lily, died in childbirth. Mary learns that Craven's estate might still contain a wonderful English garden, and when she discovers the garden she has many surprises in store for her. The Secret Garden runs Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and closes with a Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. Call 4889-4589 for reservations. More...
Strength coach will work with all GHS athletic teams
Gaffney High athletic teams won't be the weak sister anymore. Gaffney joined the growing list of high schools to hire a strength coach. Tony Smith was approved by the Cherokee County school board on Monday. Smith currently is employed by Florida Atlantic University. More...
Dewey Bobby (D.B.) Wilkie, 67, formerly of 159 Wilkie Road, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Brookview Healthcare. Born in Gaffney, he was the son of the late Dewey S. Wilkie and Ollie Pearl Spencer Wilkie. He was the owner/operator of R&W Floor Covering Company and was of the Baptist faith. More...
Dear Editor: I'm writing to tell you something I think you should know and the world as well. I am a healthcare professional and I have worked in this field for about 8 1/2 years. I want to tell you in all of those years I have never experienced what I'm about to tell you. On a daily basis I am in and out of homes and facilities as well. More...
Live ones, dead ones or rubber ones...it doesn't matter. When it comes to snakes, I don't like them. Ever the prankster, my dad would place a rubber snake on a newspaper coming down the conveyor belt in our mailroom here at the Ledger and sit back to watch the reaction of the unfortunate employee who happened to be stacking papers at the time. More...
Consumer group in town Thursday to take complaints