By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
Life often forces people to make the best of unexpected surprises. This was the case when The Catalinas lead singer Dale McCaskill's mother passed away Friday. The Catalinas promptly cancelled their plans to perform at Saturday's Peach Beach concert for the South Carolina Peach Festival. More...
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
The Gaffney Fire Department on Thursday took delivery of a very big donation. NextEra Energy, the operator of a co-generation plant in Gaffney, gave the city fire department an equipment trailer valued at $8,000 to haul all of the department's specialized gear used for extracting victims from difficult situations, such as confined spaces, trenches and collapses. More...
Business trips usually involve all work and no play. But who can turn down the opportunity to visit the United Kingdom? Evan Goetz and members of two Upstate church choirs certainly were not turned off by the prospect of flying over the Atlantic Ocean for several hours, instead thinking of their once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of setting foot in England. More...
A.R. Guerney's Love Letters is the Gaffney Little Theatre's final play of the 2008-2009 season. The show runs July 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. and closes with a matinee on Sunday, July 19, at 3 p.m. More...
Gaffney football coach Phil Strickland gave his team a passing grade Saturday following competition with 15 football teams over the weekend. Lexington, J.L. Mann and Calhoun County were among the teams Gaffney faced in a passing league held July 9-July 11 at USC-Upstate in Spartanburg. The camp was sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). More...
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. - Grace Eloise Ramsey Bradley, 82, formerly of 800 Beech St., Gaffney, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 10, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Hendersonville. Born in Gaffney, she was the widow of Merle Alfred Bradley and daughter of the late Mason Ramsey Sr. and Mary Sue Painter Ramsey. More...
Dear Editor: The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors unanimously approved the following resolution during our regular monthly meeting Tuesday: Whereas — Our community has been shaken by the violent tragic murders of Kline Cash, Hazel Linder, Gena Parker, Stephen Tyler, and Abby Tyler during the days of June 27 through July 6, 2009. More...
My wife believes in the old axiom "a place for everything and everything in its place." I, too, subscribe to this principle. However, her place for everything and my place for everything aren't always the same. For example, she thinks the place for dirty socks and used towels is in the hamper. I, on the other hand, think the place for those items is on the bathroom floor. More...
Injured motorist airlifted