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September 22, 2008 RSS feed / Local News

Jobless rate here nears 10 percent

When it comes to job growth, Cherokee County appears to be limping into fall. The local jobless rate rose six-tenths of a percent from 9.1 in July to 9.7 percent in August, according to S.C. Employment Security Commission figures released Friday. More...

POLICE REPORTS

The Gaffney Police Department is investigating the theft of a truck from a West Floyd Baker Boulevard shopping center parking lot. More...

Saints to hear from IPTAY

The man who helped build one of the most successful athletic booster clubs in college sports will speak at the Limestone College Saints Club meeting this month. More...

Waste Management officials to discuss project with county development board

Waste Management officials should brace themselves for questions in an appearance today before the Cherokee County Development Board. More...

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IF I HAD A HAMMER— Cherokee Technology Center carpentry student Josh Ramirez shows Alma Elementary second graders how to be a carpenter at a career fair Friday morning. More...

Company to build artillery range tower

A Tampa-based munitions maker has been spending its dollars renovating an existing building into a manufacturing facility. They plan on spending $200,000 more on a new facility — a two-story artillery range tower. More...

GHS cadets get taste of military training

Crystal Duran's arms were still bruised and sore Tuesday morning from a strenuous weekend of scaling an eight foot wall and helping roll several logs along an obstacle course. Duran was among 44 Gaffney High Junior ROTC cadets who spent Sept. More...