Residents, businesses displaced after roof on building collapses
By ABBIE SOSSAMON
Ledger News Editor
[email protected] | June 5, 2023
A downtown Gaffney building has been deemed uninhabitable after a...
A TALE OF TWO BUDGETS
By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Staff Writer
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County property owners will likely learn today if they will...
City considering 9 mill tax increase
By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Staff Writer
[email protected] | June 5, 2023
Gaffney City Council members will have to wrestle today with...
GET TO KNOW … WINTER COMIER
June 5, 2023
Occupation: Childcare Provider Hometown: Rockland, ME but I live in...


SOLD
Charter school corporation closes deal to purchase Goucher Elementary from districtBy SCOTT POWELL
Ledger Staff Writer
[email protected] | June 5, 2023
Goucher Elementary School has officially been sold for $710,000 to a local charter school corporation. Superintendent Dr. Dana Fall confirmed the school district closed the sale of the 14.8 acre...
NEVER MISSED A DAY
June 5, 2023
Kanye’ Tate graduated with 12 years of perfect attendance from Blacksburg High School. His older brother achieved the feat in 2018, but Kanye battled through a pandemic and was still...
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED
June 5, 2023
The Blacksburg High School Awards and Scholarship Ceremony was held Monday evening, May 22, at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Among those receiving a scholarship was Anna-Marie Jones....
POLICE REPORTS
Brothers will be brothers — 9-1-1 call leads to bustJune 5, 2023
Two brothers were cited for possession of marijuana after police were called to their Lincoln Drive home following a fight May 18. According to the report on file at the...
Author to discuss book at county library
June 5, 2023
On Friday, June 9 the Cherokee County Public Library will welcome author Victoria Benton Frank for an author talk on her latest book, “My Magnolia Summer.” Frank, the daughter of...


Post 109 hopes to strong arm foes
Post 109 opens season Tuesday against SpartanburgBy LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Sports Editor
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Bottom line: American Legion Post 109 should be pitching rich this season. The local AL team opens the season on Tuesday at The Jug against rival Spartanburg. And manager Brandon...


New Post 109 softball team debuts this week
By SCOTT POWELL
Ledger Sports Writer
[email protected] | June 5, 2023
There is a new game in town for Gaffney and Blacksburg softball players this summer. Cherokee County Post 109 will start its first ever American Legion Lady Fast Pitch Softball...


Saints look to build on 2022 success
Limestone opens on road Aug. 31 at West GeorgiaSTAFF REPORTS | June 2, 2023
Following the most prolific season in program history, head coach Mike Furrey and the Limestone University Athletics Department announced the 2023 football schedule, an always challenging slate of competition that...
HELP WANTED: new Gaffney, BHS softball coaches needed
By SCOTT POWELL
Ledger Sports Writer
[email protected] | June 2, 2023
Gaffney and Blacksburg high schools are looking for new softball coaches. Gaffney High softball coach Jessica Ramsey resigned Friday after three seasons and is moving to Daytona Beach, Fla. Ramsey...