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“Going green” is not just a mantra, it’s a reality for the local Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) plant. More ... HAY! IS THAT A WITCH? — Andrea Gordon, Gage Gordon (left) and John Ben Hatcher and Faye Hatcher (right) created this Halloween witch out of a bale of hay. More ... Canton, Ohio-based Timken Co., parent company of the Timken Gaffney Roller Bearing Plant, lost $50.1 million in the last quarter and expects losses to continue for the remainder of the year amid continuing weak demand. More ... Oct. 31 is a day marked on children’s calendars, giving them the opportunity to dress up as their favorite cartoon character, animal, or public figure. There are those aspects to make it so attractive, not to mention the large amounts of candy sure to fill their baskets. More ... The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two separate armed robberies that occurred in recent days. On Oct. 27 at about 11:50 p.m., police said a man armed with a handgun entered a convenience store in the 1000 block of Cherokee Avenue and robbed the store of about $800 from the cash register. More ... Area police departments and safety groups are hoping for a safe and happy Halloween. While hope is a good thing, the same groups say it helps to be proactive. Blacksburg Police Chief Jamie Ham, for instance, offered some traditional rules of thumb for both trick-ortreaters and motorists alike. More ... There’s no place like home. A mainstay in downtown areas across the Southeast, the goal of Kimbrell’s Furniture has been to provide comfortable, luxurious home furnishing items customers can be proud of when friends and family come over for a visit. In the end, however, the furniture store has earned a home of its own — in the hearts of customers. More ... A smashed piano and a rendition of “Monster Mash” will help take Limestone College to Mozart’s birthplace in Austria. More ... Housing stats compiled by the local Home Builders Association show home starts in Cherokee County are still slumping. There were five new home starts in the county in September, down one when compared to the housing stats of Sept. 2008. More ... |
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