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By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
Cherokee County schools held earthquake safety drills Tuesday in an effort to educate students about the potential hazards that can accompany the natural disaster. More...

FOOTBALL CONTEST WINNER

Five people tied for top honors in last week’s contest but Allen S. Mosley of Pacolet had the closest tie-breaker score and thus takes home $100 in prize money. More...

Local News

Phillips, district make deal

Former Gaffney High teacher and football coach Kevin Phillips has reached an agreement with the Cherokee County School District that calls for him to be paid through the end of the year and remain on the district insurance plan until June 30, 2012. More...

Don’t panic; it’s only a test of your emergency broadcast system

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

In a first-of-its-kind event, radio and television stations across the nation will all be airing the same thing at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon — the potentially scary sound of an emergency alert. More...

City votes to amend fireworks law

By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com

Gaffney City Council on Monday moved to enact stiffer fireworks restrictions. By a 5-2 vote, council authorized its attorney to draft an ordinance that will make it illegal to discharge fireworks on the 4th of July after 10 p.m. More...

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Sports

PLAYOFF MODE

Indians prep for first round matchup with West Ashley
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Sports Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Gaffney (11-0 )ended the 2011 regular season exactly the way it wanted Friday with homefield advantage for the playoffs and a dominating 42-0 victory over archrival Spartanburg. More...

Movin’ on up

By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com

Guess it was appropriate to call Monday "moving day" for the Gaffney football team. More...

Iron City alumni to get another run under the lights

By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com

Foremost in the minds of most football players typically is the last game they played. More...

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Columns

READERS ON THE ROAD

Dwayne Copeland, Betty J. Copeland, Earle Posey, Carolyn Posey, Wallace Guyton, Mary A. More...

THEIR VIEW

Wasted stimulus energy

Among the flaws of the 2009 federal stimulus bill were unreasonable expectations, excessive red tape and managerial incompetence. That’s painfully clear in a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s inspector general. More...

LEDGER COLUMNIST

Stay tuned for how to cook your bird

Fall has fell. The temperature has dropped and the leaves are changing. Halloween has come and gone. Thanksgiving will be here before we know it and I’ll be a grandfather by the end of this week. More...

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Bloodied man dies in hospital

Assault charge upgraded to murder
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

An assault charge against a 46-year-old Gaffney man was upgraded to murder Tuesday after the alleged victim of a Monday night physical assault died in a Spartanburg hospital, according to the Gaffney Police Department. More...

SLED investigates Sunday fire

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com

A probe of a Sunday night fire in Blacksburg by local and SLED fire investigators didn’t turn up a definitive cause. More...

LifeStyles

Iron City Ministries hosts annual auction Nov. 12

BLACKSBURG – Iron City Ministries will host its annual fund-raising auction on Saturday, Nov. 12, in the gym at Blacksburg Middle School, 101 London St. A silent auction will begin at 2 p.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. More...

Olympic champ guest at AAUW luncheon Nov. 14

2004 silver medalist Sara McMann will speak about .Women in Sports'

Sara McMann, 2004 silver medallist in women’s wrestling at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, will speak about “Women in Sports” at the November meeting of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). More...

Natalie Southgate is crowned 2012 Miss Lyman Teen

Natalie Judith Southgate was crowned Miss Lyman Teen 2012 on Saturday evening, Nov. 5. The Miss Spartanburg/Miss Lyman pageant was held at Broome High School. Miss Southgate performed a jazz routine to “Fame” in the talent competition. More...

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Obituaries

Norman L. Jefferies

Norman Leo “Dirty Red” Jefferies, 65, of 504 Granite Drive, died Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center. More...

Boone Kirby

Elbert Boone Kirby, 79, of 1511 W. Rutledge Ave., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. More...

Harold Burgess

Harold Weston Burgess, 86, formerly of 605 11th St., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at Brookview Healthcare. More...

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