With Gustav headed toward the Gulf Coast faster than originally expected over the weekend, a group of emergency workers from Gaffney and Spartanburg was busy getting some of the most vulnerable people out of harm's way. After arriving in Alexandria, La. More...
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
Outside Chuck and Nancy Greer's home in Blacksburg are pink and blue ribbons signifying a stork had made two special deliveries. There was nothing ordinary about those deliveries, though, and even the stork was likely amazed with the timing. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
It's a trip Gaffney High Indian mascot Jeffrey Cole and Gaffney High football fans will never forget. The journey, which was televised on the new football stadium's video scoreboard as part of a pre-game ceremony, began Friday at W.K. Brumbach Stadium, the former home of the Indians for 70 years. More...
Seventh Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy was honored in San Francisco Friday with an award from his peers across the country for his work in prosecuting death penalty cases. Gowdy, whose district includes Cherokee and Spartanburg counties, has prosecuted six capital cases in the past eight years and each resulted in a death penalty sentence from a jury. More...
Many local residents have spent their summer vacations traveling north, south, east and west... and took along something to read on their journey - The Gaffney Ledger. More...
Gaffney offense sputters in 6-0 overtime loss to Dorman
Gaffney produced a number of firsts in Friday's regular-season christening of the New Reservation. Jeremiah Cochran ran for three yards on the first play from scrimmage. Wide receiver Joe Craig caught the first pass. Quarterback Bo Davidson recorded the initial first down. More...
SALUDA, N.C. - John Raymond Clary, 88, formerly of Gaffney, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at Autumn Care. Born in Cherokee County, Mr. Clary was a son of the late John Ellison and Lilly Keenan Clary. More...
DENVER — After the phony roll call vote was taken here to formally nominate Barack Obama — a roll call that did not remotely reflect the true delegate strength of Hillary — the media exploded in an orgy of celebration about the historic character of the moment to which they had just been privileged to be witness. More...
SLED investigating death threat against solicitor