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Blacksburg council OKs tax increase, trash fees, water and sewer rate hikes By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com For the members of Blacksburg Town Council, approving a budget that included a tax increase was not something any of them wanted to do. But following losses in revenue town officials had no choice on Thursday, unanimously signing off on the town's budget for the 2008- 09 fiscal year. More ... 62-year-old woman says she was run over by her daughter-in-law Gaffney police are investigating a Wednesday afternoon incident in which a woman claimed she was intentionally struck by a vehicle in the Department of Social Services parking lot on North Limestone Street. More ... 8-year-old says he was hit in arm with brass knuckles at school The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office investigated the alleged assault of an eightyear old boy at Goucher Elementary School on Wednesday by a seven-yearold boy with brass knuckles. According to an incident report, the eight-year-old boy claimed he was struck in the arm, though he could not tell po... More ...
Jackie Childers of Wal -Mart presents a check to R. Dewitt Clyde, executive director of the Cherokee County Literacy Association. The check is from the Wal- Mart Community Grant. The Cherokee County Literacy Association's mission is to teach adults who do not read and write to read, write and commun... More ... Local students on USC honors lists COLUMBIA - Students from Gaffney have been named to the Dean's List and/or the President's List at the University of South Carolina for fall 2007. To appear on the President's Honors List, students must take 12 semester credit hours and earn a grade point average of 4.0. More ...
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com Rumor and speculation have been following Trey Gowdy for the better part of a year that a higher office might be in his future. On Thursday, however, Gowdy put rumor to rest and said he is where he wants to be. More ... Named Fulbright Scholar Limestone College Associate Professor of English Dr. Alex Richardson was recently awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award to teach in Portugal. Richardson will be traveling to the Island of Madeira next spring to teach two courses on American culture at the University of Madeira. More ...
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com Hoping to expand its services to local women during their time of need, the Cherokee County Pregnancy Center (CCPC) will next month move its offices downtown to a larger facility in Tiffany Park. For a number of years, the Christian-based nonprofit organization has provided services for women of ... More ...
John E. Ewing Middle School has received $2,500 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. Ewing Middle will use the gift to purchase science and social studies materials such as practice workbooks for the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test. More ... |
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