Brandon Rush’s NBA dreams still there



SAN ANTONIO – Brandon Rush was living the dream. He was going to be an early pick in the NBA draft. Then came a devastating knee injury, months of rehab and the realization he would be headed back to Kansas for his junior season instead of pocketing paychecks. Today, Brandon Rush is living another dream. He and his Kansas teammates […]

Brandon Rush’s NBA dreams still there

Edwards dominates in Texas for series-best 3rd win of season

Edwards dominates in Texas for series-best 3rd win of season FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Carl Edwards ran away with Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway for his series-best third win of the season, holding off Jimmie Johnson on a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish. Edwards had the field covered for most of the race, at one point building […]

Peggy B. Cook

Gaffney native

Peggy Ann Bridges Cook, 76, Webb City, Mo., passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, at 5:10 a.m. in a local nursing center after a short illness. Peggy was born Jan. 3, 1932 in Gaffney, S.C., daughter of the late Charles Bridges and Connie Price Bridges. She grew up in Gaffney and graduated in 1951 from Gaffney High School. On April […]

Virginia McCraw



Virginia McCraw, of 109 Pleasant Meadows, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. She was the wife of Lynn McCraw Sr. The arrangements will be announced by Blakely Funeral Home.

David T. Young

Retired from Duke Power

  BLACKSBURG – David ("Pop" or "Pete") Turner Young, 77, of 1334 Blacksburg Hwy., died April 5, 2008, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center, Gaffney. Born in Hartwell, Ga., he was married to the late Nancy Ann Derrick Young and was a son of the late John Young and Martha Turner Young Davis. Mr. Young was retired from Duke Power and […]

Ulysses Ellis



Ulysses Ellis, 51, of 118 Monroe Road, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008, at 10:55 p.m. at 1023-A Concord Road. Son of Patsy Ellis Manning of Gaffney, he was a native of Cherokee County and a 1975 graduate of Gaffney High School. He was employed by U.S. Corrugated Co. Mr. Ellis was preceded in death by a brother, Berkley Dean […]

Paul Martin

Employed by Davis Electric and Calpine Electric

  Paul Edward Martin, 51, of 210 Beaverdam Road, went home to be with the Lord on April 4, 2008, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Gaffney, he was the son of Roxie Wilkerson Martin Scruggs and the late Bill Martin and the stepson of the late Dean Scruggs. He was a graduate of Gaffney High School, a member […]

Lois P. Walker



Services for Lois Petty Walker, 52, of 181 Middle St., Caroleen, N.C., widow of M.C. Walker, will be held Monday, April 7, at 4 p.m. at Suck Creek Baptist Church, conducted by the Revs. Tony Macomson, Omigene Proctor, Betty Proctor and Dr. O.B. Brintley. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Body will be placed in the church at 3 […]

GOP VS. PAULSON



WASHINGTON, D.C. – Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan for curing ailing financial markets received poor grades privately from House Republican leaders, though they mostly refrained from public criticism that would give Democrats ammunition in an election year. The senior Republican congressmen grumbled that the former Wall Street titan had made the same mistake as Sen. Hillary Clinton in crafting a […]

I’ll be in the garden hooked on ‘ponics’



My wife came in the house last night bragging about how she had planted the lettuce and onions and how she had mowed the back yard. This means, I guess, it’s that time of year for me to discuss vegetable gardening. Let me begin by telling you the most important thing of all on this topic, and that is do […]