Goucher Elementary student writings are among the pieces contributed to a new virtual museum of writing called the National Gallery. The gallery is a Web site where people who perhaps have never thought of themselves as writers are able to choose and post writings, expressing what is important to them. More...

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Gaffney coach Phil Strickland said his Indians lacked focus and were flat at the start of the game. It didn’t matter, though, as the Indians piled up 351 yards of offense and held the winless Fort Mill Yellow Jackets to only 28 yards through the air in a workmanlike 41-14 victory on Homecoming at the Reservation Friday evening. More...

Timothy M. Bagwell, 52, of 805 Tenth Street, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at Carolina’s Medical Center. Born in Columbia, he was the husband of Kim Jones Bagwell and the son of the late Rev. Winfred Bagwell and Julia Lyerly Bagwell. More...

Dear Editor: Thank you for your past support of the Cherokee County Mental Health Association (MHA). Our annual MHA banquet will be held Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Stephenson Dining Hall on the campus of Limestone College. Dr. Eric Winter, psychiatrist with the Spartanburg Mental Health Center, will discuss ADHD in children and adults. More...

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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) — What’s bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that live in Yosemite National Park? More...