Do you know this man?
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
      The Gaffney Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in helping to identify and locate a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery that occurred last Wednesday inside a West Floyd Baker Boulevard discount store.
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Up to 200 properties in Cherokee County might not qualify for farm use exemption
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      Would the extinguishing of the farm use exemption from properties that no longer qualify for the substantial tax break result in a dramatic rise in property tax revenue for the county? That question has apparently been answered.
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Police investigate report of exploding commode
      The Gaffney Police Department is investigating a July 5 incident during which a motel room commode was apparently blown up with fireworks. According to a police report, an employee of the Super 8 motel on Ellis Ferry Road received a complaint from a guest that fireworks had gone off in the room above her and that there was water pouring down the wall.
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Bethel Baptist honors grads at baccalaureate service
      Bethel Baptist Church honored its 2008 kindergarten, Head Start, high school and college graduates on Sunday, June 1, during the 10:30 a.m. worship service. The high school seniors were in charge of the pulpit services. Pastor Sanders presented Bibles on behalf of the church family to the high school seniors.
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Super canines dazzle and amaze July 19-27 at Tweetsie Railroad
      BLOWING ROCK, N.C. - Celebrate the 'dog days of summer' with Tweetsie Railroad and K-9s in Flight Frisbee Dogs. Audiences of all ages will be entertained for nine exciting days by this non-stop, action packed performance showcasing an entire team of dogs in acrobatic freestyle routines.
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UCMC volunteers award scholarships
      Upstate Carolina Medical Center volunteers have awarded three $1,000 scholarships. Recipients are Brandi Crowe, Gena Henderson and Laci Starnes. Crowe will attend USC, where she will major in journalism; Henderson is a student at USC Upstate Mary Black School of Nursing, where Starnes will be attending.
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Blacksburg ends year with surplus
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Decisions by Blacksburg town officials during the 2007- 08 fiscal year have helped the municipality reach a surplus in its general fund. The council was hoping for good news Monday as Unionbased accountant Terry Fant delivered his annual report regarding the municipality's finances for the previous fiscal year.
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Deadline met: five homes completed
By JOE L. HUGHES Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Hope Acres, the subdivision made up of Cherokee County Habitat for Humanity homes, will welcome five new families in coming weeks following the completion of a two-year construction project.
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Union to get ethanol plant
      CARLISLE, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's first ethanol plant will be located in Union County. Local and state officials told The Union Daily Times on Tuesday that Osage Bio Energy in Roanoke, Va., will build a $161 million plant near Carlisle and hire 75 workers to make barleybased ethanol.
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Sen. Peeler defends magistrate 'holdover' status provision
      COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An investigation by a South Carolina newspaper shows that a third of the state's magistrates are employed in a status that gives state senators the ability to fire them. The State newspaper of Columbia reported Sunday that 107 of the state's 314 magistrates, or 34 percent, are on what's called holdover status.
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