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November 17, 2008 / Local News

BHS band member joins Clemson band for a day

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Tanner Hughes has spent many Saturdays sitting in Death Valley cheering on the Clemson football team. The Blacksburg High senior experienced the game from a different viewpoint at last weekend's Clemson- Duke football game. More...

Voters approve $933 million in new schools

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Despite an economic downtown, South Carolina voters shelled out big bucks in November in support of new school buildings. Voters approved all six building referendums on the ballot in the Nov. 4 general election. More...

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NEW BUSINESS — Gaffney Financial Services held a grand opening Monday in its new location besides Ingle's in Peachtree Marketplace. More...

And speaking of scams, this one continues to make the rounds

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

New scams pop up almost every day but old ones hang around too. Last week, a York Drive woman gave The Gaffney Ledger a letter she had received in the mail that informed her she had won $250,000 from a sweepstakes in London, England. More...

Sweet treats take spotlight at Iron City Ministries auction

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

While the cakes at the Iron City Ministry's charity auction might not have been made from gold, the hearts of the people bidding on them surely must have been made of the precious material. More...

Limestone students eligible for DSS stipends

Limestone College's Social Work Program has joined the South Carolina Professional Development Consortium. The Consortium is comprised of all accredited social work programs in educational institutions in the state (U.S.C. More...

Motorcycle event will honor solders killed in Afghanistan

By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com

Gone, but never forgotten. Four S.C. More...

POLICE REPORT

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Nov. 15 incident during which a shot was fired into a dwelling on Providence Creek Road. More...

Junkyard law to be reviewed

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

Local junkyard operators will have their say Thursday about the controversial ordinance they claim unfairly singles them out for regulation. More...

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Belle, at center, played by Holly Weiss of Gaffney during a Saturday afternoon performance of Disney's Beauty and the Beast at Limestone College's Fullerton Auditorium, believes there must be something more than her provincial life in the opening act More...

S.C. Inaugural Ball will be Jan. 19

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The South Carolina Presidential Inaugural Ball Committee has announced that the 2009 S.C. Inaugural Ball will be held Jan. 19, 2009, at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. More...

Festival officials leaving door open concerning 'Peach Beach'

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

The Peach Beach concert was one of the most popular events held by the South Carolina Peach Festival prior to it being discontinued. More...

It's a tie!

Wait just a minute: Recount shows clear winner

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. This is a lesson Grassy Pond Elementary School students can learn from last month's call totals for "Roll Call," the Gaffney Ledger's talking newspaper. More...