A tractor-trailer overturned Monday afternoon on Interstate 85, creating a backup that lasted for several miles and several hours. The overturn occurred in the southbound lane near the 87 mile marker. When removing the wreckage from the scene, the southbound side of the interstate was shut down with traffic detoured at Exit 90 and down the frontage road where it... READ MORE >
Dr. Nathan B. Copeland, Vice President of Advancement and Enrollment at Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL, has been selected as the 24th President of Limestone University. Limestone Board of Trustees Chair Randall L. Richardson announced that the Board voted to offer Copeland the position during a meeting on Friday, April 19. Copeland will be formally introduced as President-Elect during... READ MORE >
The cost to repair the structural damage of the T-bridge is estimated to exceed the total cost of the renovations — $2 million for the repairs; $1,579,479 for the renovation project. Renovations to Gaffney’s T-bridge have been on the ‘to-do list’ of city council since at least 2009. The Gaffney Ledger reported on February 9, 2009, that “The city would... READ MORE >
The Cherokee County School Board could announce a new superintendent in mid-September under a timeline presented at Monday’s meeting. The South Carolina School Boards Association (SCSBA) has been selected to handle the search process. Focus group meetings are tentatively planned for May 14 and May 20 with the district’s teacher forum, principals, student advisory groups, school improvement councils and other... READ MORE >
The South Carolina Department of Transportation will temporarily close part of Green River Road in Cherokee County beginning on April 29 as part of the I-85 Widening Project. The closure is anticipated to last two months. During the closure, traffic will be detoured using Macedonia Road, Green Acres Road, Oglesby Valley Road and Green River Road. A map of the... READ MORE >
The bridge on Montgomery Drive was reopened April 18 as the state works to replace bridges currently closed in Cherokee County. The Island Creek Road bridge is under construction and is anticipated to be complete by winter of 2025, according to the latest update by the South Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT). Island Creek is one of six bridges closed... READ MORE >
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Out of air and pinned by an alligator to the bottom of the Cooper River in South Carolina, Will Georgitis decided his only chance to survive might be to lose his arm. The alligator had fixed his jaws around Georgitis' arm and after he tried to escape by stabbing it with the screwdriver he uses... READ MORE >
Union, SC — Modenia Sue Martin Bolton, 92, passed away from dementia on April 13, 2024. Born March 24, 1932 in the Hopewell Community of Blacksburg, Modenia was the second of 11 children to the late Monroe Jackson Martin, “Jack,” a gold miner (8.20.1908-1.19.1969), and Ollie F. McDaniel Martin, a newspaper writer (10.8.1904- 4.8.1987), who married in 1929. The family... READ MORE >
William Bailey James Smith, 16, of 509 Indian Springs Rd., went home to be with Lord, Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Cherokee Medical Center. He was the son of David Kevin Smith and Traci Loving Smith and grandson of Barbara Smith, the late David L Smith, Angelia Loving, the late Danny Loving and Special Papa Clifford Bledsoe. In addition to... READ MORE >
Gaffney — Mr. Steve Jolley, 74, of Gaffney SC., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 15th, 2024. He was the husband of forty years to Edna Coker Jolley. He was a Purple Heart recipient with full military honors. He was a wonderful stepfather and a great Paw Paw. Funeral services were held on Thursday, April 18th... READ MORE >
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