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‘Recession-proof ’ company will be operational here by November
The boyish-looking 40-year old Eric Levin began his remarks Tuesday with a string of four letter words. But these four-letter words made Gov. Mark Sanford and county and state dignitaries blush with excitement, not embarrassment. More...
Swine flu threat prompts hospital to adopt policy regarding visitations
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com

Upstate Carolina Medical Center (UCMC) is taking no chances when it comes to the H1N1 virus, enforcing a new set of guidelines with the purpose of protecting hospital staff and patients, as well as visitors to the facility. More...

City donating, installing smoke detection devices
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Lugging a step ladder in one hand and tools in the other, Scott Coleman walked up to Annie Rainey’s home on Monday with a disarming smile and a simple mission. He wanted to make sure Rainey and her home were properly protected, and Rainey agreed she had plenty worth protecting as she pointed to a display of her grandchildren’s crayon drawings on a kitchen wall. More...

 Obituaries
• article has image June Parks
B-17 pilot in World War II
June L. Parks, 87, of Gaffney, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. Born Feb. 13, 1922, in Hickory, N.C., he was the son of June L. and Leta Burroughs Parks and husband of Myra McMillan Parks. He graduated from high school in Weaverville, N.C., in 1938. More...
• article has image J.N. Littlejohn
• Betty White
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 Letters
• Oct. 7 the anniversary of a historic battle that helped win the Revolutionary War
Dear Editor: Oct. 7 is the anniversary of the 1780 battle of Kings Mountain, S.C., which was an overwhelming blow struck by American patriots against British Loyalist forces in the Southern campaign of the American Revolution. More...
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 Columns
• article has image National Newspaper Week
GUEST COLUMNIST
It’s National Newspaper Week and a good time to set the record straight about South Carolina’s 115 daily and weekly newspapers. Your local newspaper is facing tight times, just like other businesses. But unlike some highly publicized big city newspapers, your hometown paper isn’t going away. More...
• article has image READERS ON THE ROAD
• article has image When hope is lost, what comes next?
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