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Gaffney High senior Jacob Waters got the news he was hoping for Thursday when he received a national merit scholarship. Waters is one of 19 public high school seniors in South Carolina to receive a $2,500 national merit scholarship award this year. He was chosen for the scholarship from among 15,... More...
...That movie they shot in Gaffney in 2005?

The movie "Walker Payne" is still awaiting a release date nearly three years after being filmed in Gaffney. A crew from Persistent Entertainment in California filmed many scenes for the 1950s era movie inside Mabry's Restaurant on Birnie Street in Gaffney. The restaurant was renamed The Atomic D... More...

Cherokee County taxpayers should brace themselves for another tax increase in the proposed county budget. Last year, Cherokee County Council approved a 2.29-mill increase for county operations and a 1.8-mill increase to cover the county's debt service. Those increases added $16 a year in taxes on... More...

A 6-classroom addition to Goucher Elementary School will be ready for a final inspection by school board members in mid-May. Contractor Sossamon Construction is currently correcting a few items before an occupancy permit is issued by the state Office of School Facilities, said Jim Britton, senio... More...
The choice is up to her
Dear Annie: How would you profile a 33-year-old man who will not let his 31-year-old wife wear a bra? At night, on weekends and almost any other time I am not at work, my husband insists I go braless. At 31, and being fairly wellendowed, I am concerned that my breasts will sag from the lack of s... More...
The Gaffney High golf team enters today's state Class 4A tournament attempting to prove that experience is overrated. The Indians return to the state tournament after a year's absence with a team that includes two juniors, a pair of sophomores and a seventh-grader. More...
Retired from textiles
Elizabeth Faye Parker Thompson, 66, of 270 Drayton Trail, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Chester, she was the wife of Roy Lee Thompson Sr. and daughter of the late Hilton H. Parker and Myrtle Darby Parker. She was retired from t... More...
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The photograph taken of me with my camera phone by one of the ladies at Dr. Nord's was intended to show my wife the frames I had selected for my new eyeglasses. More...
Trooper shot during traffic stop ORANGEBURG - A man police say shot a state trooper during a traffic stop Sunday then fled on foot has been captured, a spokesman for the state Public Safety Department said. Cpl. Q.M. Brown was shot in the arm after he stopped a four-door sedan in a convenien... More...