Hospital reports possible theft of jewelry box containing $29,000 worth of items
      The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office was asked to investigate an allegation that almost $29,000 in jewelry went missing after a Blacksburg woman's arrival at Upstate Carolina Medical Center emergency room last November.
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Landowner remains hopeful about project despite ruling
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      Pacolet Highway might still be home to a new housing development. Land owner Hank Jolly said despite a recent Cherokee County Board of Appeals ruling he still hopes to reach an agreement to transform a 60-acre lot on Pacolet Highway into a development that will feature 179 patio homes and 155 apa...
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FLIPPED
      An accident on I-85 Sunday afternoon snarled traffic until an overturned vehicle could be removed from the roadway. While full details of the accident were not immediately available from the South Carolina Highway Patrol on Sunday evening, an Acura sport utility vehicle headed north on I-85 ended...
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARADE SCENES
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CORRECTION
      The names of a driver and passenger in a Wednesday article about a traffic accident on Highway 198 were inadvertently reversed. Sandra Lynn McKinney, 23, of Spartanburg, and her passenger, Derrick Elliot, 27, of Blacksburg, told police the vehicle they were in was forced off the road Saturday on ...
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District will spend $168,000 from federal Title-1 funds on tutoring at three schools
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Harvest Advantage. Latch Key. Achieve Success. Sylvan. These names might not immediately ring a bell with parents. They're among the 16 outside tutoring services approved by the state Department of Education to provide tutoring in three county schools.
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE...?
      Granard Middle School nurse Becky Wheeler shows eighth grade students a medical display Wednesday morning at a career fair. A fitness instructor, a UPS deliveryman, a S.C. Highway Patrol officer, a banker and a cosmetologist were among the different careers represented.
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