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February 4, 2008
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A BIG LEAGUE HUG
Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry, who organized the Limestone College baseball program in 1988, embraces a former player during the 20th anniversary celebration of the program Saturday. The school also retired the jersey of Perry's son Jack during the ceremony. More...
Report: Local highways among safest in state, unless you're on a motorcycle
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Cherokee County doesn't seem to be too bad of a place to motor through, at least as long as you're not on a motorcycle, according to a recently released study by AAA Carolinas. In a review of statewide crash and roadway fatality data for 2006, the Charlotte, N.C. More...

Festival reports $7,000 profit
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

The South Carolina Peach Festival made more than $7,000 in profits in 2007 to finish in the black for a second straight year. The festival took in $105,054 in total revenues and spent $97,966 to put on the 2007 events, according to a year-end financial statement by Gaffney accountant Jim Cudd. Th... More...

 Local News
•CTC carpentry teacher wins national award
Johnny Breitenbach has been chosen by the National Homebuilders Association as the Outstanding Educator for 2008. Breitenbach is finishing his 18th year as the carpentry teacher at Cherokee Technology Center. He will go to Orlando to receive his award and $1,200 at the International Builders Show... More...
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•Schools to renew recycling programs
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 LifeStyles
•Miss Allen is bride of John D. Bigbie Jr.
CHARLESTON - Kathryn Elizabeth Allen and John DeLaye Bigbie Jr. were united in marriage Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at 5 p.m. in Summerall Chapel at The Citadel. The Rev. Samuel McBride Rhodes II conducted the ceremony. Music was provided by Nancy Lefter, organist; Dr. David Preston, pianist; and E... More...
•ANNIE'S MAILBOX
•Practice healthy habits to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke
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 Sports
•Gaffney's Shippy to sign with Georgia Southern
On second thought .... Gaffney Shrine Bowl linebacker J.B. Shippy now will sign a grant-in-aid with Georgia Southern after verbally commiting to Newberry late last month. More...
•Mavericks surprise Gaffney
•Saints sweep past Lynchburg
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 Obituaries
•Edward Tate
Retired supervisor from shipbuilding company
Edward Tate, 87, of Gaffney, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, in Peachtree Centre. Born in Cherokee County, he was a son of the late Ed Tate and Letha Rice Tate. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, a member and deacon of New Zion Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. More...
•Willie Jeter
•Larry Patterson
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 Inside Report
•INSIDE REPORT
BUSH AGAINST ROMNEY WASHINGTON, D.C. - While President George W. Bush has maintained neutrality among contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, he privately expresses to friends his exasperation with Mitt Romney's hard-line stance on immigration. More...
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 Columns
•LEDGER COLUMNIST
The city collapsed and the house is on fire
I regularly check out the latest developments in computer gaming because I'm interested in the graphics, video cards and software it takes to make them work. I must say I'm greatly disappointed in Nintendo for not making its Wii game system more readily available. More...
•LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
•THEIR VIEWS
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 State News
•Three killed
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) - The Lexington County coroner says three people were killed when a three-wheel motorcycle left the road and hit a tree in Leesville. Coroner Harry Harman says the 2003 Honda trike was being driven by 46-yearold Gary Mclemore of Leesville when it left the road Saturday eveni... More...
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 Other News
•All eyes on Clinton as Super Tuesday nears
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top presidential candidates and their big-name supporters campaigned from coast to coast Sunday, but one contender seemed atop everyone's mind: Hillary Rodham Clinton. Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney contrasted themselves, and each other, with Clinton as though she ... More...
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