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January 9, 2008
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Dead woman's car pulled from river
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
The churned waters of Broad River released another clue Tuesday into the mystery surrounding a Gaffney woman's disappearance. On Friday, the river unveiled what became of Verlishia Littlejohn when her body was found at the dam of the Broad River Electric Hydro Plant off Cherokee Falls Road. More...
Crime Stoppers in dire financial straits
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Cherokee County's Crime Stoppers program will never replace good old-fashioned police work but investigators say the reward program has been an invaluable tool to have at their disposal. Four arrests over the weekend in the shotgun slaying of a 23-yearold Cowpens man on Friday came about, in par... More...

Business burglarized three times since Dec. 17
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

A Wilkinsville Highway store found itself having to replace door glass, and its cigarette inventory, for the third time since Dec. 17 as a brazen thief perpetrated yet another "smash and grab" early Saturday. Gaffney police were dispatched to Fred's Discount at about 3:25 a.m. and once again foun... More...

 Local News
•Sheriff's department investigating rash of vehicle break-ins
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office reported burglaries of five different vehicles in recent days. A vehicle parked in the 1700 block of Georgia Highway was broken into Jan. 3, between 7 a.m. and noon. Nothing was missing from the vehicle but the thief caused about $900 in window and door damage... More...
•County council applies for courthouse security system grant
•Flowers from the heart
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 LifeStyles
•L'Etoile Club plans 54th winter dance
The L'Etoile Club will hold its 54th winter formal dance on Saturday, Jan. 12. A highlight of the club's year, the dance will be at Broad River Electric Corporation. Festivities begin at 8 p.m. and continue until midnight. The organization's 24 members will be introduced at 8:15 by Jonathan Gardne... More...
•Annie's Mailbox
•WHAT'S UP
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 Sports
•Sims finds home in mountains
Former Gaffney star retuns to area Thursday at Wofford
Donald Sims got his wish - albeit probably a couple years later than he wanted. Sims, a 2-year starter at guard for the Gaffney Indians, has become a major contributor on the collegiate level, earning a starting role and scoring in double figures for the Appalachian State Mountaineers. More...
•Indians outlast Mauldin
•GHS players mulling over scholarship offers
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 Obituaries
•Doris K. Bailey
Homemaker and oldest living member of Midway Baptist Church
Doris K. Humphries Bailey, 96, of 468 Twin Lakes Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Gaffney, she was the widow of Charles B. ("Bill") Bailey and daughter of the late Steven Humphries and the late Ida Lucinda Moore Humphries. More...
•Mildred G. Brevard
•Johnny J. Moses
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 Letters
•Impressed with care at local hospital
Dear Editor: A recent trip to Upstate Carolina Medical Center left us pleasantly surprised. My husband had lost approximately onefifth of his blood supply and we were sent by a local physician to Upstate for observation to make sure the bleeding had indeed stopped. More...
•Thanks for helping them with the light display
•Christmas Is For Kids brightens a lot of lives
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 Inside Report
•INSIDE REPORT
Mitt's and Hillary's problems
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mitt Romney and Sen. Hillary Clinton wanted to use Saturday night's televised presidential debates to further their respective goals: keep Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama from winning Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. Neither accomplished that mission, but the failure is ... More...
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 Columns
•Buckeyes booted; can Hillary be far behind?
Now that the college football season is over and it appears my Gamecocks' basketball season was over before it started, I can turn my attention to something really important. The NFLplayoffs. More...
•Cartoon
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 State News
•Lawmakers return to Columbia; hope to tackle immigration, spending
COLUMBIA - South Carolina legislators welcomed each other back Tuesday with smiles and back slaps on the first day of the 2008 General Assembly session. The South Carolina House and Senate gaveled to order shortly after noon. More...
•BRIEFLY SPEAKING
•STATE BRIEFS
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