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June 24, 2009 RSS feed / Local News

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Hams gearing up for 24-hour field day event

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
Local amateur radio operators will be busy "hamming it up" Saturday, June 27, across the airwaves in a 24-hour field day event. Using only emergency power supplies, ham radio operators will camp out Saturday at 2 p.m. More...

'Lotta Bull' coming to cookoff

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

National barbecue champions Mike and Debbie Davis are among the top cooks scheduled to participate in a new barbecue competition sponsored by the South Carolina Peach Festival. More...

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NO KILL CONFERENCE — Libby Swad of Gaffney is pictured here with Nathan Winograd, founder of The No Kill (animal shelter) Organization. Swad attended the No Kill conference in Washington, D.C. from May 1-3. More...

Local woman becomes addiction counselor

The Cherokee County Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (CCCADA) is pleased to announce that Jordanna Tillinghast has recently become certified as a National Certified Addiction Counselor, Level I (NCAC I) by NAADAC, More...

New home construction continues to slide, May figures show

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

The local housing market showed no signs of a turnaround last month. Based on the monthly report by the Home Builders Association of Cherokee County, new housing construction in May was off two from the eight new home starts in May 2008. More...

Peach Beach advance tickets now on sale

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Advance tickets are the only way to see The Catalinas perform at this year's Peach Beach concert. Tickets are now on sale for the Peach Beach concert on Saturday, July 11, at 7 p.m. in the Broad River Electric Co- Op Auditorium. More...

Duke misses out on loan guarantee for nuclear plant

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Duke Energy apparently didn't make the short list for federal loan guarantees on nuclear plant construction, but isn't giving up on the possibility. More...

POLICE BRIEFS

The Gaffney Police Department is investigating the alleged kidnapping of an 18-year-old man, who was held at gunpoint by two men demanding information about a recent shooting in the city. More...

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

Photo by JOE BONNER Ann Sossamon, standing left, and her daughter, Whitny Lemmonds, standing right, spent last week teaching the 3-year-old class at the Limestone Presbyterian Church Vacation Bible School.The fun-filled week concluded Friday with a ' More...

Graduates from basic training

Army Pvt. Brandon E. Teague has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. More...

POLICE REPORT

The line of storms that resulted in damage across Cherokee County on June 18 also damaged a Cherokee County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle. According to a police report, a deputy was driving on Chesnee Highway at about 5:30 p.m. More...