14 windshields smashed by vandals during weeklong spree
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
      More than a dozen motorists find themselves picking up pieces of shattered glass following an apparently mindless vandalism spree that struck Gaffney over the past week. While it's unclear from police reports if the vandalism was the work of one or many, or even it if was related, it is clear the end results are costly.
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Woman's dream coming true
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Life has not been quite the same for Juliette "Jett" Martin since she was forced to stop a longtime practice of attending Gaffney High football games. Martin was a season ticket holder for 55 years and never missed a Gaffney Indians football game until four years ago.
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Council will consider amendment
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      There was no quick fix to the county's controversial junkyard ordinance. Several months after the county suspended enforcement of the ordinance, Cherokee County Council will consider an amended ordinance at its meeting scheduled for Monday.
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POLICE REPORTS
      Three teens were arrested Wednesday afternoon following a brazen daylight beating incident in the parking lot of a West Floyd Baker Boulevard drug store.
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     FUND RAISER PROCEEDS GO TO MOW - Tammy Hoilo of DeJa Vu Consignments (right) presents a check for $600 to Meals on Wheels director Terry Dennis, proceeds from a recent $5 bag sale that the store held. Starbucks was on hand with coffee for shoppers while help was provided by MOW board member Debbie Mauney and her mother along with Anita Wisher and Robin Peeler. Deline Bright brought youths from Faith Baptist Church to help put items on hangers and set up for the event.
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All in the family
Third generation owner keeps butcher shop business thriving
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      "Like father, like son" is a common theme in many American households, but the statement rings true for the Brown family, where meat is a family enterprise. "It's something I saw my grandfather do, and my father also did it most of his life," said Brown's Butcher Shop owner Billy Brown. "For me and my brothers, this is all we knew.
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