Thanks to a local business, three City of Gaffney police officers will soon go into the field with new life-saving bulletproof vests. Rakesh and Dolly Agarwal, owners of Rug & Home stores, including the Gaffney location near the Gaffney Premium Outlet, recently reached out to the Gaffney Police Department with an offer to help. They wrote a check for $2,997... READ MORE >
Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler says a Gaffney man was killed in a single-vehicle collision Sunday morning. Fowler identified the victim as Alfred Walter Farr, Jr., 45, of South Limestone Street. The accident occurred at 2:15 a.m. on Beaver Dam Road, according to coroner and Cpl. Bill Rhyne of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. “The vehicle ran off the right... READ MORE >
A City of Gaffney police detective filed an arrest warrant against a Blacksburg man who is accused of attempting to rob an Ellis Ferry Avenue motel. Adam Christopher Powell, 30, of South Rutherford Street, Blacksburg, was charged in the warrant with armed robbery while armed or allegedly armed with a deadly weapon in connection with a Feb. 19 incident during... READ MORE >
Two weeks after a Cherokee County jury acquitted a Gaffney man of an attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting outside a bar, but found him guilty of participating in a bar fight that rose to the level of an assault and battery by mob, a Circuirt Court judge decided this week the man had violated his probation. Demarcus... READ MORE >
A Gaffney man facing the possibility of life without parole if convicted on one of several outstanding charges rejected on Monday an offer of a plea agreement that would have limited his potential prison time to 15 years. Charles Quantrell Dawkins, 29, whose address is listed in court records as Holland Street, is charged with two counts of distribution of... READ MORE >
Cherokee County Sheriff ’s Office narcotics investigators seized marijuana, cash and guns during the recent execution of a search warrant at a Becky’s Boulevard, Blacksburg, home. Details of the operation, which occurred Feb. 16, were not unsealed until Monday. Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said investigations by narcotics investigators allowed agents to obtain a search warrant for the Becky’s Boulevard... READ MORE >
A Blacksburg man is facing a number of charges following a Friday morning police chase that ended when a Cherokee County Sheriff ’s Office deputy spun the man’s car intentionally. The incident began just before 5 a.m. Friday when a sheriff ’s deputy observed a vehicle pull into the parking lot of a thrift store on Highway 5, explained Sheriff... READ MORE >
A smoky haze blanketed wide swaths of Cherokee County on Friday, including downtown Gaffney, as a large controlled burn in neighboring Union County sent smoke north. The unexpected smell and sight of smoke in Gaffney and other parts of the county initially resulted in several fire departments being dispatched to investigate. But once the cause of the smoke was realized,... READ MORE >
Gaffney City Council will conduct a rare hearing Monday evening to decide whether a downtown bar will get back its business license. The action by the city stems from the Feb. 1 execution of a search warrant at Penny’s Bar on East Birnie Street following a several months-long investigation by Gaffney narcotics agents. The bar owner, Roger Gene Echoles, 61,... READ MORE >
A young Gaffney boy grinned from ear to ear Saturday morning as a young woman with an angelic voice serenaded him with the theme song from his favorite movie, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” It was a touching moment for onlookers and the boy’s family alike, and the special song was chosen for a reason. Thanks to the South Carolina... READ MORE >
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