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March 3, 2008
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JUNIOR MISS
Sarah Elizabeth Pennington won the title of Blacksburg Junior Miss on Saturday. There were eight contestants vying for the title. She will now compete in the S.C. Junior Miss Pageant scheduled for July in Lexington. Sarah is the daughter of Gaylan and Lisa Pennington. More...
Woman once in coma returns home
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Cheryl Green's life might have been interrupted, but she has no plans to keep it on hold. Though the 31-year-old Grover resident just marked her first full week of being home after her release from a Charlotte hospital, she's already thinking about the future. More...

Council to hear airport update
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

Airport commissioners are expected to appear before Cherokee County Council today to present an update on the airport project. The airport commission has been busy selecting potential sites for the proposed landing strip. The feasibility report estimated that 577 acres would be required for the ... More...

 Local News
•BPW to vote on budget
The Gaffney Board of Public Works commissioners are expected to approve a new spending plan at their monthly meeting Tuesday that holds the line on rates and gives employees more money in their pockets. BPW General Manager Donnie Hardin said the commissioners discussed his proposed budget at thei... More...
•Book Publishers
•Shelby man arrested
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 LifeStyles
•Daddy Joe's
THEY'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU AT DADDY JOE'S - Susan White, Michael Love and Heather Vess will be waiting to take your order at Daddy Joe's Beach House BBQ and Grill on Palm Sunday, March 16, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. when the restaurant hosts its annual Palm Sunday fundraiser for Meals on Wheels. Buffet... More...
•ENGAGEMENTS
•ANNIE'S MAILBOX
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 Sports
•Gaffney golfers have high expectations
The Gaffney High golf team won't have to travel far for the region championship tournament this year. That's a big reason why first-year coach Todd Coggins thinks the Indians have a good chance to unseat defending Class 4A state champion Dorman as region champion. Gaffney opens the regular season... More...
•Limestone stuns Pfeiffer 89-82
•Gaffney downs Trojans for title
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 Obituaries
•Peggy T. Waddell
Homemaker COWPENS - Peggy Sue Teal Waddell, 68, of 175 Linda St., died Sunday, March 2, 2008, in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. A native of Gaffney, she was the widow of J.C. Waddell and daughter of the late Wofford Floyd Teal and the late Susie Jane Blanton Teal. Mrs. Waddell was a home... More...
•Rose Ellen Adler
•Leatha Mae Hardy
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 Inside Report
•INSIDE REPORT
BAILING OUT BARACK WASHINGTON, D.C. - Supporters of Sen. Barack Obama concede that Sen. Hillary Clinton's aggressiveness rescued him from a serious blunder in last Tuesday's presidential debate at Cleveland, when he hesitated at rejecting a lavish endorsement of him by black Muslim leader Louis... More...
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 Columns
•LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
Jennifer Humphries took The Gaffney Ledger with her while on a trip to Dallas, Texas to receive her masters of nursing from Walden University. She is shown here in the lobby of the Adam's Mark Hotel. The photo was taken by her husband, Billy Humphries. On your next trip out of town, take a copy of T... More...
•FROMA HARROP
•HAVE YOU CONSIDERED...
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 State News
•Cigarette tax plans doing a slow burn in South Carolina Senate
COLUMBIA _ State senators have agreed to give a committee trying to put together a bill to raise cigarette taxes as long as they need to cobble together a compromise to raise South Carolina's 7-cent a pack tax, the lowest in the nation. More...
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