By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Ohio State will go into championship weekend as the top team in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s rankings, followed by LSU, Clemson and Georgia. Utah, Oklahoma and Baylor are on deck, and that could turn out to be the great debate by Saturday night. Utah was fifth, Oklahoma sixth and Baylor […]
If it’s approved, year-round school would not start right away
FREECherokee County students would not attend year-round schools before the 2021-22 school year to give time for parents and students to adjust to the change. A year-round calendar distributed Tuesday at Alma Elementary is only a visual aid on how this schedule might look.
CHRISTMAS IS FOR KIDS
Here is the list of donors to Christmas Is For Kids, sponsored by this newspaper. Bring contributions to The Gaffney Ledger at 1604 W. Floyd Baker Blvd., Gaffney, or mail them to: Christmas Is For Kids c/o The Gaffney Ledger, P.O. Box 670, Gaffney, S.C. 29342: Limestone Presbyterian Sunday School Classes: $2,786.75 In memory of Scott Morgan, Kathy Prevatte, Marie […]
DECORATING THE TREE
City workers place decorations near the top of the city’s 24- foot Christmas tree Monday in preparation for this weekend’s holiday festivities. Gaffney Mayor Henry Jolly will light the tree Friday following the 6 p.m. Christmas parade on Limestone Street.
Nestle’s $100 million expansion is largest ever announced in county’s history
An excited Cherokee County Development Board Director Jim Cook mouthed the words “$100 million,” not wanting to disturb the serious discussion at Monday’s Cherokee County Council meeting. In the largest announced expansion ever, Nestle will invest $100 million in equipment and plant upgrades to its plant on Highway 29. The announcement was made after council passed third reading of a […]
Man gets 35 years in murder, dismemberment case; his mother pleads guilty, awaits sentence
Two guilty pleas have been entered after a mother and son admitted to their involvement in the murder and dismemberment of a Gaffney man. Charles Jacob Bridges, 21, of Spartanburg, pleaded guilty Monday to murder in the slaying of 51-year-old Gary James Stone. Stone was the common law husband of Bridges’ mother, 45-year-old Dawn Michelle Wilkins. Bridges told deputies he […]
SHIRLEY MARTIN WINS FB CONTEST
A total of 10 contestants missed only one game in last week’s football contest. But it was Shirley Martin who prevailed over the other nine by having the closest tiebreaker score in the Gaffney-Dorman game. Shirley has another hundred bucks now to use for Christmas shopping or whatever other purpose she chooses. As they say, to the winner go the […]
THE AGONY OF DEFEAT
Gaffney senior Stan Ellis gets emotional after Friday’s 30-6 loss to Dorman in the upper state championship. Ellis scored the Indians’ lone touchdown.
45-year-old stabbing victim in stable condition
A 45-year-old Gaffney man was airlifted to Spartanburg Medical Center on Monday after being stabbed numerous times while near Limestone Courts around 2 a.m. Police said the victim was assaulted after being approached by a man who asked him if he had any cigarettes. When the victim said he didn’t have any cigarettes, the attacker produced a knife and stabbed […]
