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For many local families, the Thanksgiving Day celebration doesn’t end with that piece of pumpkin pie or the last play of the football game. More ... A couple was awakened from their sleep Saturday morning by a fire in their bedroom. Luckily, City of Gaffney firefighters said the couple was able to escape from the burning home unharmed. Fire broke out at 121 Granite Drive at about 8 a.m. Saturday. More ... The second tax holiday on gun purchases in South Carolina went off without any apparent misfires this past weekend. More ... Area firefighters dodged heavy Black Friday traffic with boots in their hands and a simple mission — to get passers-by to spare some change. More ... Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4941 believe no child should be deprived of a merry Christmas. More ... Bizarre cases of students intentionally injuring themselves continues to be a problem in county schools. Termed “cutting,” the phenomenon is a type of self-injury in which teenagers may cut themselves on their wrists, arms, legs and bellies with razors or improvised devices such as erasers. When the cuts or burns heal, they often leave scars. More ... No tears should roll down the cheeks of children anywhere during the holiday season. Locally, the Cherokee County Junior Women’s Club is doing its part to ensure that local kids are all smiles this Christmas, providing gifts and activities the children are sure to remember for a long time at the organization’s Breakfast with Santa event. More ... Nicholas Shumate and his Limestone College student government members each placed three dollars in an envelope during their monthly meeting in November. The students’ contributions resulted Tuesday in the delivery of a $60 check to Meals on Wheels. This amount was exactly what it takes to cover a month of meals for one Meals on Wheels client. More ... |
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