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July 2, 2008 RSS feed / Local News

Daddy Joe's to be featured on ETV show

With all the impending hoopla surrounding the July 4th holiday, ETV's "The Big Picture" thought this would be the ideal time to take viewers on a BBQ road trip around the state, to explore some of the best-known and most-beloved places to savor BBQ More...

Festival T-shirts available for $10

The SC Peach Festival has a few of the official T-Shirts remaining for sale and can be purchased at the headquarters for the festival, The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, located at 225 S. Limestone St. in Gaffney. More...

Legislators, cancer survivors and advocates celebrate funding for breast, cervical cancer screening

COLUMBIA - Cancer survivors and advocates today applauded members of the S.C. General Assembly for expanding the Best Chance Network, a program providing critical breast and cervical cancer screening for lowincome, uninsured South Carolina women. More...

History and Arts Museum tells story of this area's importance to America's independence

When Museum officials began the layout for the Cherokee County History and Arts Museum over two years ago, the plan centered around one thing - The Revolutionary War. More...

$300,000 grant awarded to establish after-school programs

B.D. Lee Elementary School students will benefit from a $300,000 federal grant awarded Monday for a community learning center. The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Upstate received a 21st Century grant totalling $299,700. More...

Dean's List

GREENVILLE - Peter M. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Johnson of Gaffney, has been named to the Dean's List for the 2008 spring term at Furman University. More...

Scrap yard burglar gets 10 years

A 51-year-old Gaffney man pleaded guilty June 24 to the March burglary of a Blacksburg scrap yard. Hoyle Mincey, of Marietta Road, entered the plea before Circuit Court Judge Mark Hayes in Cherokee County General Sessions Court. More...

Cocaine, car, cash seized

The Gaffney Police Department seized more than $28,000 in cash, a car and 130 grams of suspected cocaine after executing a search warrant at a Mill Street home Monday afternoon. More...

Classic Chevy demolished by falling tree

Rubye Sanders was in the dining room Saturday evening working on a remodeling project when lightning struck near her house. While the storm didn't last long, the damage left in it wake has lingered for days at her Buford Street residence. More...

Police arrest one, looking for another in theft of newspaper boxes

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office arrested one man and is on the lookout for a second man suspected in the theft and destruction of newspaper boxes in and around the Blacksburg area. More...

Three teens arrested in home invasion case

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office reported the arrest of three people following a Monday evening home invasion on Blue Ranch Road in Gaffney. More...

HARPIST HERE

HARPIST HERE - Hannah Blalock, a 16-year-old harpist from Matthews, N.C., performed during the Sunday, June 29 worship service at Limestone Presbyterian Church. She has performed in Carnegie Hall and other major venues. More...

Red Cross honors volunteer

Helping to save the lives of local residents one class at a time, longtime American Red Cross volunteer instructor Larry "Ray" Broome was recently honored with the Piedmont Chapter's Health & Safety Instructor of the Year award. More...