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July 20, 2009 RSS feed / Local News

Meet tonight

Starting today, the county will no longer be paying the Medicaid supplement for new hirees. The move is to reduce the county's liability from $500,000 a year to about $350,000. More...

Airport committee disagrees with estimated airport cost

Committee chairman calls report 'biased'

Not so fast WK Dickson Co. You thought it would cost $45.8 million to construct the county's proposed general aviation airport. But the Cherokee County Transportation Committee is convinced you're wrong. More...

Parents upset about kindergarten selection process

Hard economic times have forced the Cherokee County School District to leave some children out when it opens 4-year-old kindergarten classes this fall. More...

Qualifications submitted

The City of Gaffney is on the verge of awarding a lucrative contract to a contractor to renovate the former downtown post office building. More...

Blacksburg will levy fines for carts left on street

Some Blacksburg residents might find themselves a little lighter in the pockets should municipally issued trash carts remain on town streets for an extended period of time. More...

POLICE REPORT

The Gaffney Police Department reported the break-in of a West Floyd Baker Boulevard convenience store. According to police, someone forced entry to the Fast Point convenience store between 1:50 a.m. and 2 a.m. July 17. More...

NAEP test shows achievement gap still exists between S.C's black, white students

Student achievement gaps between white and black students in South Carolina mirror how other students are performing on the nation's only standardized test. A new U.S. More...