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Firefighters go through ‘extreme’ training

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
Imagine going into a building crawling on your hands and knees, blindfolded, and trying to describe the layout of the building based solely on your sense of touch. More...

Architects submit paperwork for county complex project

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

The county expects architectural/ engineering firms to respond favorably to its Request for Qualifications for the county’s proposed administration complex. More...

Local News

PHILLIPS CASE

Lawyer seeks appeal of ruling ordering defendant’s removal from Overbrook Drive home
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

A lawyer for Julia Phillips has officially appealed a June 18 ruling in Cherokee County Probate Court that ordered Phillips’ removal from an Overbrook Drive home. More...

County administration complex expected to be finished in 2012

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

If things move at their present pace, the county’s new administration complex could be complete by the summer of 2012, a county official said. More...

POLICE REPORTS

 A battery charger was reported stolen from a carport on Woods Farm Road, Chesnee. According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, someone took the battery charger from a carport in the 500 block between 6 p.m. Aug. 28 and 7 a.m. Aug. More...

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Sports

Numbers game for Wildcats and Indian Land

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor gaffneyledger.com

Normally, the Blacksburg Wildcats would find themselves outmanned – at least number-wise playing a Class 2A opponent. Not this time. More...

GAME AT A GLANCE

WILDCATS (0-1) VS. INDIAN LAND (1-0) Kickoff at 7:30 p.m. at T.A. CAMPBELL STADIUM. Players to Watch: Blacksburg QB Treyvon Parker, RB Chase Hames, LB Nick Hames, LB Lennal Dasher, RB Raymond Ellis. More...

GAME AT A GLANCE

GAFFNEY (1-1) vs. GREENWOOD (1-0) Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. at Greenwood High. Players to Watch: Greenwood QB D.J. Dunalp, RB D.J. Goodman. RB Ran Ethridge, RB David Davis, LB Quinn Backus. More...

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Letters

LETTERS POLICY

1. Each letter submitted must be an original — no photocopies. E-mails are also accepted if a name and phone number is included: editor@gaffneyledger.com 2. More...

Your generosity impacted the lives of 37 men and women

Dear Editor: I wish to thank the many individuals who helped to make our recent Miracle Hill/Daddy Joe’s fundraiser such a success. More...

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Police mull warrants against several people in shooting incident

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

Gaffney police investigators were continuing their probe Thursday into a Monday night shooting incident that sent a 17-year-old to the hospital. More...

Character building plan focuses on positive steps

By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

1. Respectful. 2. Responsible. 3. Ready to Learn. The Three R’s are painted prominently on a mural in the Luther Vaughan Elementary School cafeteria. More...

LifeStyles

Scholars, Dollars & Chocolates a sweet deal for dessert fans and college students alike

If you crave chocolate sensations and are inspired by making a meaningful impact on the lives of others, you can literally have your cake and eat it too while dancing the night away during Limestone College’s Scholars, Dollars & Chocolates sch More...

Rhyne – Clopton

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Rhyne of Gaffney announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Olivia, to Brandon John Davis Clopton. Brandon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Clopton of Gaffney. More...

CARD PARTY

CARD PARTY – The Cherokee Children's Home held its first Card Party on Aug. 26 at Buford Street United Methodist Church. More...

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Obituaries

Dorothy Walser

BLACKSBURG – Dorothy O'Neal Walser, 67, of 134 McKee Drive, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at Peachtree Centre. More...

Virginia Anthony

Virginia Owens Anthony, 83, formerly of 476 Corinth Road, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Blacksburg, she was the widow of Daniel William Anthony Sr. More...

June Haas

June Nesbitt Lipscomb Haas, 99, died at her home on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. A native of Spartanburg County, she was born on Aug. 29, 1911, the daughter of the late Florence Augusta Foster and Wilbern Calhoun Nesbitt. More...

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Columns

LEDGER COLUMNIST

Here’s hoping my wife doesn’t see this column

If football was a drug, I would have overdosed last weekend. More...

READERS ON THE ROAD

Faith, Ashley and Luke Sides took The Ledger along with them to the North Carolina mountains, where they picked three gallons of blueberries. More...

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