By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
A bomb threat resulted in the evacuation of the Cherokee County Courthouse and surrounding buildings Thursday afternoon, about an hour before a reportedly similar threat targeted the Spartanburg County Courthouse. Nothing was found at either lo More...
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
Blacksburg Town Council member Janie Wilson is stepping down after 16 years while fellow council member Darren Janesky had no opposition as of press time Thursday. Wilson has served on Blacksburg town council since 2000. More...
BY ABBIE SOSSAMON Lifestyles and Features Editor abbie@gaffneyledger.com
Arguing every day and facing a breaking point, Stephanie and Luther Boyette knew they had to do something if they wanted their marriage to survive. More...
WARRIOR PRIDE - Granard Middle School is awarding Warrior Pride Scholarships to 14 GHS graduating students totaling $7,000. Each student will receive $500. More...
December 1, 1934 - June 4, 2016 Norfolk, VA - Nancy Brown Reece, 81, passed away peacefully into the arms of her Lord on June 4, 2016, with her husband at her side. Nancy was born in Glendale, SC to the late Horace and Addie Mae Hixson Brown. More...
Mr. Quintin Maurice Littlejohn, known as Butchie to his family, church members and friends, age 56, of 104 Zelure Road, Gaffney, South Carolina, answered the Master’s call on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at his residence. More...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dealing a blow to gun supporters, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Americans do not have a constitutional right to carry concealed weapons in public. More...
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
City of Gaffney police on Thursday were continuing to hunt for clues in the Wednesday morning shooting of a 47-yearold Gaffney man who reportedly remains in the hospital. Steedely Daniel Jefferies, of 700 Dogwood Drive, sustained a single gunsh More...
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized almost an ounce of methamphetamine, guns and a large amount of cash when they arrested a Kings Mountain, N.C., woman on a fugitive from justice warrant Wednesday afternoon. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
Drug deals, abandoned and substandard buildings and rats scurrying through the neighborhood. Those are some of the problems Tank Branch residents who attended a community meeting Tuesday told City of Gaffney council members, staff and police ab More...
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
While he says he wasn’t running for office and never campaigned for the job, a 2014 write-in campaign in a Gaffney man’s name could prove very costly. More...
Coming off a 100-point season, senior attack Kyle Rhatigan (Holbrook, N.Y.) was named the 2016 Lacrosse Magazine NCAA Division II Player of the Year while also earning a spot on the Lacrosse Magazine All-American Team. More...
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
Gaffney High rising senior Houston Wright has many fond memories of his high school baseball days. Wright hopes to make more memories at the next level after verbally committing to the College of Charleston on Tuesday. The College of Char More...
Hot hitting Post 109 seniors are a perfect “10” and 0
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
In the early part of the season most coaches expect the top of the batting order to be hitting well with the bottom of the order still developing. But for the Post 109 senior legion team, hitters 1 through 9 are all off to good starts with a te More...
James Crawford of Gaffney (right) took a copy of The Gaffney Ledger with him when he traveled to Wyoming last week. During the trip, Crawford and his good friend Billy sommerville ran The Grand Teton Half marathon. More...
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