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October 28, 2009  RSS feed

Case pleads guilty in federal court
July kidnapping incident
A prison parolee accused of kidnapping a North Carolina family and bringing them to Gaffney, where he was stopped during a shootout with Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday morning. More...
Film tells story of man instrumental in college’s post-Civil War survival
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Peter Cooper’s role in saving Limestone College will no longer be hidden history with the recent release of a documentary about his life. Cooper, an inventor and successful businessman, founded Cooper Union college and is credited with saving Limestone College after the Civil War. His life has been the subject of a 5- year research project and documentary. More...

$100 GOES TO AUGHTRY AND WE STAND EGG-FACED

The $100 in cash from last week’s football contest goes to Jim Aughtry of Gaffney, who correctly predicted the winners of all 12 games. Two other people also predicted all 12 games correctly, but Aughtry had the closest tie-breaker. More...

 Local News
• article has image Scary places abound
It doesn’t take visitors of Lost Emerald Farm long to realize that strange things happen on the property. A place where turkeys, pigs, emus and other farm animals roam free alongside deer that frequent the area, it’s not uncommon for one to stumble across rare items, like the arrowhead found by owners George & Brenda Maser. More...
• Threats probed
• Suit filed after accident
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 Obituaries
• Oveter Westbrooks
Retired from textiles
COWPENS – Oveter Elizabeth Kimbrell Westbrooks, 77, of 2064 Bonner Road, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. More...
• article has image Claude O. Fortner
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 Columns
• article has image Some of their facial expressions were priceless
LEDGER COLUMNIST
Have you ever thought about how two people can see the exact same thing, yet have an entirely different take on it? A football game, for instance. More...
• article has image READERS ON THE ROAD
• THEIR VIEW
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