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October 12, 2009  RSS feed

Report: Cops justified in killing Burris
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Gaston County (N.C.) District Attorney Locke Bell acknowledged that, in some ways, the decision he announced on Friday was a foregone conclusion as he knew many of the details beforehand. More...

Economic woes bring out more scam artists
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Some sayings can’t be repeated often enough. If it sounds too good to be true, for instance, it probably is too good to be true. But desperate times and a lingering bad economy can sometimes serve as blinders, according to John Smith, a consumer complaint analyst from the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs. More...

 Local News
• Food Lion signs letter of intent to acquire Bi-Lo
The name outside the Bi-Lo on West Floyd Baker Boulevard could change if a deal working its way through a U.S. Bankruptcy Court ultimately is approved. More...
• POLICE REPORT
• Bids to renovate old post office due Oct. 22
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 LifeStyles
• article has image Acoustic duo Jeni and Billy will present library’s October ‘Music Sandwiched-In’ concert
Show will feature selections from new CD, 'Jewell Ridge Coal'
The Cherokee County Public Library will showcase Jeni and Billy on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 12:15-1 p.m. for this month’s Music Sandwiched-In concert. Miners and moonshine, coal dust and methadone, a Tazwell Beauty Queen and the ladies of the Friendly Chapel Church – those are the images that haunt "Jewell Ridge Coal,” the duo’s new CD from Jeni and Billy. More...
• Chapman Center brings in Street Beat
• article has image Old Beaver Dam School holds many special memories for couple celebrating 50th wedding anniversary
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 Sports
• article has image Gaffney in a romp
Burris eclipses 100-yard mark with arm and
The York Cougars won the turnover battle. But that’s about all they won against the Gaffney Indians on Friday. Or all season, for that matter. The Indians lost two fumbles and had an interception but still rolled over the 1-6 Cougars, 55-7, at the Reservation. More...
• Burris, receivers on the same page
• article has image Cavs’ dual threats wear out Blacksburg defense
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 Obituaries
• Sadie P. Bechtler
Employed by Sullivan Carson for 44 years
HICKORY GROVE – Sadie Patterson Bechtler, 78, formerly of Hickory Grove, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center in Gaffney. More...
• Joan S. Gordon
• Bennie Owens
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 Columns
• THEIR VIEW
It is unclear this even needs to be sorted out by the court
Once again, the courts are being asked to settle what is essentially a dispute between Gov. Mark Sanford and the Legislature. This time, it’s over the stated intention of the State Ethics Commission to turn over its preliminary investigative report of Mr. Sanford’s travel and expenditures to the House, to use as part of an expected impeachment effort. More...
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