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January 2, 2009 RSS feed / Local News

Environmental tests reveal no 'red flags' for county's plan to buy 'Big Mill' site

The latest round of environmental tests apparently turned up no red flags to cause the county to re-think its plans to acquire the 17.4- acre "Big Mill" site from Milliken. More...

GHS graduate completes basic

Army Pfc. James E. Taylor has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. More...

POLICE REPORT

A car was broken into on Gardner Street on Dec. 30. According to the Gaffney Police Department, someone smashed a front window with a brick on a vehicle parked in the 600 block. More...

Local merchants pleased with Christmas sales figures

Going into this holiday shopping season, retailers' anxiety meters were turned up to 11. Although most retail analysts predicted light crowds, dismal sales and a sharp tumble in profits for retailers, More...

Patterson joins bank

American Community Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ Stock Market:ACBA) holding company of American Community Bank headquarters in Monroe, N.C., has announced that J. Rick Patterson will join the bank as its Upstate Carolina Executive. More...

Unofficial data indicates sharpest decline in traffic fatalities in past decade

While official numbers have not yet been compiled, 2008 appears to have ended with the least amount of traffic deaths on South Carolina roadways in the past decade. More...