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It's not a perfect success story yet for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but an official said the Medley Farms superfund site has come a long way from the environmental mess discovered in 1983. More ... A few minutes of exercise went a long way when Draytonville Elementary students sat down recently to take an interim progress test. Students spread out beside their desks for a 5-minute workout from a "Fit for Fred" Web site. More ... A storage building on Peeler Creek Road was burglarized recently. According to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, someone entered the storage building in the 100 block between Jan. 22 and Jan. 27. The only items reported missing were rifle bullets. More ... Former Ledger employee Kathy Peeler is now living and working among Arab Muslims in North Africa. This photo was taken at a camel festival in Douz, Tunisia. "Even camels can't resist reading The Ledger," Kathy said. On your next trip out of town, or tour of duty, take a copy of The Ledger along and send a picture of yourself or your group reading the newspaper to: cody@gaffney ledger.com. More ... Upstate Carolina Medical Center is considering a major expansion of its intensive care unit. The Gaffney hospital recently purchased brand new beds for the intensive care unit (ICU). There are currently 12 beds in the ICU. More ... Friday, Feb. 6, is National Wear Red Day - a day when Americans nationwide will take women's health to heart by wearing red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness. More ... Daisy Faucett knew exactly what day it was on Monday. A more-than-century-old ritual celebrated in the United States and Canada, Groundhog Day has become a means for people to forecast whether the wintry weather will remain or if Spring will soon arrive. More ... This year, Gaffney City Council will become more miserly when it comes to spending money on its annual workshop. Council members voted Monday to spend about $1,000 to hold its 2-day workshop at Limestone College's Stephenson Dining Hall. The bill includes a $50 flat fee for the space and about $900 to feed approximately 20 people. More ... Blacksburg resident Cierra S. Hogue was named to the Dean's List at Francis Marion University for the 2008 fall semester. Hogue was among 15 part-time students to be named to the Dean's List. Part-time students on the Dean's List earned a grade point average for the semester between 3.25 and 3.749. More ... Local News RSS feed |
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