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April 23, 2008
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A 22-year-old man accepted both his responsibility for killing a man as well as the consequences. Scheduled to be tried in Cherokee County General Sessions Court on Monday, Talvin J. More...
Project should be finished by July 24

The Gaffney High School football stadium is expected to be completed July 24. School trustees were given a written progress report on the $8.4 million, 8,000-seat stadium at Monday's board meeting. Trustees did not discuss the information in detail from the Southern Management report during the m... More...

Draytonville Elementary physical education teacher Marc Camp was honored Monday evening as the Cherokee County School District's top teacher. Camp was among 19 county teachers honored by school trustees for their excellent work this year. Each school's teacher of the year was presented with a $10... More...

Animal rights activists take their case before county council
A group of local animal rights activists weren't able to rescue any dogs from death row, but they have done the next best thing - ensure the euthanizations at the Cherokee County animal shelter are performed humanely and in accordance with state law. More...
Gracie Mae Martin Angel Ann Manning and Jason Wayne Martin, both of Blacksburg, announce the birth of their daughter, Gracie May, on March 28, 2008, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center weighing 7 lbs, 2 ozs. Maternal grandparents are Boe and Mary Manning of Blacksburg. More...
It wasn't unexpected for the Gaffney High golf team to trail after the first 18 holes of the Region II-4A tournament at Cherokee National on Tuesday. It was unexpected for the Indians to trail first-round leader Boiling Springs, though. More...
Arthur Ray Littlejohn, Sr., 56, of 202 Cherry St., died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Husband of Shirley Love Littlejohn, he was born in Gaffney, a son of the late Nesbitt Littlejohn, Sr. and the late Katherine Black Littlejohn. More...
This is beyond ridiculous
Several years ago, Cherokee County's tax assessor created an uproar when he disclosed that hundreds of property owners in Cherokee County were receiving breaks on their property tax by incorrectly classifying their land as agricultural. More...

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