A little more than 2,000 years ago, Jesus amazed hundreds of friends and family at a marriage feast by turning water into wine. It would be the first of many miracles He performed, standing beside other feats like walking on water and raising a person from the dead. More...
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
Waste Management Inc. likely would have no need to build a new landfill and recycling center here in Cherokee County if its talks with Spartanburg County officials hadn't completely stalled in 2006. More...
REMEMBERING 9-11 — Flags at the Cherokee County administration building flew at half-staff Thursday in accordance with the president's 2008 Patriot Day observance. See related story, Page 12A More...
Of the 10 paramedics who made the trip to Louisiana for Gustav, seven made the return trip south to Texas for Ike.
Less than 24 hours after they arrived back in Gaffney early Tuesday morning from a more than week-long deployment to Louisiana for Hurricane Gustav, a group of paramedics from Gaffney and Spartanburg were called back into service, this time for Hurricane Ike. More...
The 55th annual Littlejohn family reunion will be held Sunday, Sept. 14, beginning at 11 a.m. in the cafeteria at Granard Middle School. The reunion is a tradition that was begun in 1953 by Carl Littlejohn, Hiram Littlejohn and others at Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church. More...
Chase Hames offered one piece of advice to his teammates before practice started for Friday's game against Chesnee. Play faster. "I'm always going full speed so I can get better for the next team," Hames said. "I asked all the receivers if they could go faster this week. It will help me get used to the speed so I can step up and make more plays. More...
Haley Caroline Callahan, 12, of 186 Roy's Farm Road, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, at the Medical University of South Carolina. Born in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Robert Andrew Callahan and Kim Owen Callahan of Gaffney. She was a fifth grade student at Corinth Elementary and was of the Baptist faith. More...
A milk bottle has sent me on a fishing expedition to find another Scott Powell walking around the planet. As if the world needed another one. Gaffney High Principal Marlene Davis was looking at antiques in May when she found a milk bottle from Scott Powell Dairies in Philadelphia. More...
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — On a sweltering August morning, a small group of Iranians crowded outside the green metal door of a cemetery. They wanted to go in to look at the remains of one particular tomb: the tomb of biblical Eve. More...
NEW YORK (AP) _ The nation paused Thursday morning to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with heartfelt remembrances at the World Trade Center site, the dedication of a memorial at the Pentagon and a visit to ground zero by the presidential candidates. More...
55th annual Littlejohn family reunion is set for Sunday, Sept. 14