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Four years ago, Sheriff Bill Blanton acknowledges his first-ever Ride for the Relay was put together with some sense of haste. Organized in just about three weeks time, the first Ride for the Relay still managed to generate about $3,500 for cancer research. More...

The trial of a 28-year-old Blacksburg man charged in a drive-by shooting death was postponed until August just before jury selection was about to start Tuesday in Cherokee County General Sessions Court. More...

Borrowing from Hank Williams and his famous football theme song, are you ready for a rematch? Businessman Danny Stacy apparently is ready. More...

57.5 percent pass Advanced Placement exams
Nearly 60 percent of Gaffney High students taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes passed exams for college credit in 2007. Gaffney High had an average passing rate of 57.5 percent on the 11 AP exams offered this past school year. The state average was 57.1 percent. More...
CALLIE'S CHARLESTON BISCUITS
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Callie White is a native of Gaffney and daughter of Billy Hartzog of Gaffney and the late Caroline Hartzog. This story was first published in the Charleston Post and Courier on Jan. More...
Memo to future Gaffney High softball opponents: Don't underestimate the Lady Indians. Gaffney improved to 3-1 in the region after a pair of one-run victories over region rivals this week. Ashley Mabry drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth as the Lady Indians edged the highly-... More...
Services for Jonathan Laray Huskey, 40, of 1471 Enterprise Drive, Hinesville, Ga., will be held Thursday, March 20, at 2 p.m. at Youngs Grove Baptist Church with Dr. Larry J. Brooks officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview A.M.E Zion Church Cemetery in Earl, N.C., with military rites. Body w... More...
Dear Editor: If gasoline prices hit $4 per gallon as many economists predict, an estimated 65 percent of American car owners say they will dramatically change their driving behavior, according to a survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for our association. More...
LEDGER COLUMNIST
I learned a lesson Sunday that I want to share with all of you 'Good Samaritans' out there in Ledger land. Never try to drive two golf carts at the same time. That's just common sense, you say? Nobody would be that stupid. Call me 'nobody' because I was that stupid and came quite close to snapp... More...

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