Get News Updates Print Edition RSS RSS Feed
April 2, 2008
Search Archives: 




$300 million deal includes local hospital
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
Upstate Carolina Medical Center isn't necessarily under the control of new ownership but it has taken on a new partner. A little more than a quarter interest in the Gaffney hospital has been sold to a North Carolina-based non-profit hospital group as part of a $300 million deal affecting seven ho... More...
45 tech center students complete CERT training
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Neely Swofford has 45 Cherokee Technology Center (CTC) students ready to respond if a natural disaster occurs. The students graduated Monday as the newest members of the county's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The training was provided to Swofford's criminal justice classes at CTC. More...

YOUNG GUNS
Bill would allow 18-year-olds to buy handguns
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

The majority of South Carolina's state House and Senate members believe law-abiding 18-year-olds should be able to buy, or sell, handguns. On March 27, the state legislature sent to Gov. Mark Sanford a bill that lowers the minimum age for buying and selling handguns from 21 to 18, while keeping ... More...

 Local News
•Bill to ban landfill construction introduced
Rep. Moss wants temporary moratorium
There are more than 70 construction and demolition (C&D) landfills in the state. State Rep. Dennis Moss (DCherokee County) doesn't want that number to rise - at least for a while. Moss recently introduced a bill to temporarily ban construction of C&D landfills in the state until the state Envir... More...
•Re-election campaign kick-off
•Full Story
>> Click here for all stories
 LifeStyles
•ANNIE'S MAILBOX
Young woman tired of mother's ridicule
Dear Annie: At 23, I'm finally finding peace and happiness in my life, taking time to enjoy friends and family, while still working really hard as a grad student. More...
•Limestone Theatre adds twist to 'Hamlet'
•Concert by The Palmetto Mastersingers closes Arts Council's 2007-2008 season
>> Click here for all stories
 Sports
•Indians to install no-huddle
Woolbright hired to implement team's new offensive look
The no-huddle will become the signature of the Gaffney Indians' offense in 2008. That's the big reason for the hiring of former Chowan College assistant coach Perry Woolbright as the Indians' new passing game coordinator. The coordinator duties will be split between Woolbright and offensive line... More...
•Gallman elevates his game
•Jackson, Norton ignite Indians to win over Spartanburg
>> Click here for all stories
 Obituaries
•Harold Allison
Employed by Magnolia
Harold Douglas Allison, 65, of 509 Edgewater Drive, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2008, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Shelby, N.C., he was the husband of Brenda Elaine Allison and son of the late Lonnie Allison and Wilma Spake Allison. He was employed by Magnolia Finishing Plant and... More...
•Dwaine Varner
•Marvin Littlejohn
>> Click here for all stories
 Columns
•That was some nasty stuff in that peace pipe
LEDGER COLUMNIST
During the past several weeks I've been reading with interest about the effort by various state legislatures to criminalize Salvia divinourm, an herb in the sage family that causes hallucinogenic effects on humans when chewed or smoked. More...
•LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
•THE MOSS REPORT
>> Click here for all stories
Click ads below
for larger version