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Medicaid cards being replaced; new ones are in the mail
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Hoping to make service easier for the approximately 650,000 Medicaid recipients statewide, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) began mailing new cards this week to those enrolled in the health program. The agency began a mass mailout of the cards March 24. The documents are expect...
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Retreat held to make an IMPACT on teens
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
      Wearing shorts and a Tshirt while preaching to his audience, Nathan Smith doesn't look like a typical minister. And when he gets going, jokes fly fast and furious about the everyday experiences of growing up, from the fear and anxiety of asking someone for a date to being a social outcast at scho...
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Drugs seized, arrests made
      Cherokee County Sheriff's Office served two unrelated search warrants last week that resulted in the seizure of more than three pounds of suspected marijuana and six marijuana plants.
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District hires principal interventionist to improve Mary Bramlett's report card
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      A Converse University professor was hired last week as a principal interventionist at Mary Bramlett Elementary for next school year. Veteran educator Tom Abbott will take over the role of Mary Bramlett Elementary principal on July 1. He began work as an independent consultant in late January.
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'On the Go with Goucher'
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Students at Goucher Elementary school traded in pencils and textbooks for something a little more hands-on Friday, meeting professionals from a number of career paths during the school's career day.
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Man faces multiple charges after police car rammed
      Gaffney Police arrested a 30-year-old man Friday in the wake of a Wednesday evening incident in which a police officer's vehicle was rammed during a chase on East Frederick Street.
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