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August 7, 2009 / Local News

BOARD GAME

Blacksburg High School senior football players Ryan Sizemore, Dylan Lowery, Alex Campbell and Brett Lanier carried a board around Saturday while team photos were taken. More...

Congaree National Park celebrating Smokey Bear's 65th birthday

HOPKINS - Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, is Smokey Bear's 65th birthday. Congaree National Park and the USDA Forest Service are joining forces to celebrate America's favorite bear and 65 years of protecting America's forestlands from wildfires. More...

Co-ops sponsor energy efficiency contest

Seven electric cooperative families, including one in the Upstate, will win up to $10,000 in energy efficiency upgrades this fall as part of the "Help My House" contest from the Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina. More...

Versatile blues guitarist coming to Daddy Joe's

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

One of Nashville's premier blues guitarists Rickey Godfrey will make a special appearance Saturday night at Daddy Joe's Beach House & BBQ. Godfrey, a Greenville native, will perform at 7 p.m. More...

PeachCenter to offer counseling

PeachCenter Ministries, a local faithbased nonprofit organization, will begin to provide counseling services to its clients on Thursday, Aug. 13. More...

Promoted

Carolina Foothills Federal Credit Union CEO Scott Weaver has announced the promotion of Kathy Merlino to the position of Vice President of Development. More...

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LET'S EAT! — County students enjoy a free meal Monday at the Cherokee County Boys and Girls Club. More...

GAFFNEY LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD

On your next trip out of town, take a copy of The Ledger along and send a picture of yourself or your group reading the newspaper to: cody@gaffneyledger.com; or editor@gaffneyledger.com. More...

Training for automotive-related jobs to begin on October

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

A $750 million BMW expansion in Greer is expected to create more than 500 job openings for local automotive suppliers. More...

Second '1st Friday' tonight

"It's a clean event where the grown folk can have a little fun."

By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com

If there's one thing local members of historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi wants to get across, it's that they are willing to invest themselves in the success of the community. More...

POLICE REPORT

City police arrested a Gaffney man Friday afternoon following a chase through a wooded area. Joshua E. Wood, 30, of 602 Littlejohn St., is charged with breaking arrest, possession of an unlawful weapon and loitering, according to police documents. More...

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132 YEARS OLD — "The history of a church is, and rightly should be, directly interwoven into the history of the community of which it is a part, and no church better illustrates this fact than Limestone Presbyterian Church," observed the author More...

Answer 'yes' and PCA can help

Piedmont Community Actions Inc. can help local residents with emergency services, including rent, mortgage, medicine, food, utility payment and weatherization. More...

Prints on display at City Hall

From the Limestone College Student Print Collection

Selected pieces from the Limestone College Student Print Collection will be on display in the Gaffney City Hall Gallery from now until Monday, September 14, 2009. More...

Earns degree

Danelle Bradley, daughter of Kathy and Mark Bradley of Gaffney, received her pharmaceutical technician degree in July 2009 from Spartanburg Community College in Spartanburg. Her grandparents are Carl and Grace Baker. Danelle has a brother, Blake. More...

'March against violence' set for Saturday, Aug. 8

By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com

The allure of joining a gang never seemed to appeal to Kym Mitchell while he was growing up in Gaffney. More...