No tax increase is planned in the new Cherokee County School District budget, school trustees learned during a workshop Monday. Preliminary budget revenues are estimated at $96 million for the 2024-2025 fiscal year budget that takes effect July 1. This would represent a 5.7% increase in revenues over the current year. The school district has raised taxes five straight years. […]
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‘Only place I really wanted to be’
Limestone University welcomed new president Dr. Nathan Copeland Thursday morning as the institution’s 24th president. After a nearly five month national search, Copeland was introduced at a press conference in the Hines & Riggins Center. He was joined by his wife Erin along with their 16-year-old daughter Kate, 14-year-old son Colin and 12-yearold twin sons William and Grant. The search […]
Cagle festival headliner
Country singer Chris Cagle will bring his “Unfinished Business” tour to the South Carolina Peach Festival in July. Cagle will headline a concert July 13 at 6 p.m. at Lake Whelchel that also features performances from Mason Cole, Wally Pride and Craig Henry Band. Cagle is best known for his hits “Chicks Dig It,” “I Breathe In, I Breathe Out,” […]
Local unemployment rate highest in Upstate
Cherokee County’s unemployment rate continues to climb, and it’s up nearly one percent from a year ago. Numbers released last week by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) show the county’s March 2024 unemployment rate climbed 0.1% from February to 4.8%. That makes Cherokee’s rate the highest of the Upstate area, which includes Spartanburg (3.2%) and Union (4.2%) […]
Dispose of your unused drugs safely
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. With an alarming increase in drug overdose deaths nationally and in South Carolina, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) encourages residents to drop off unused, expired or unwanted prescription drugs […]
BACKUP
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 […]
Limestone University selects 24th president
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 […]
T-BRIDGE REPAIR TO COST $2 MILLION
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 […]
Trustees hope to name new superintendent by late August
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 […]
GOOD SHOT!
Two Luther Vaughn Lions are cheered on by members of the Gaffney High baseball team as they shoot basketballs during the Area 12 Special Olympics held Friday in the high school gymnasium. More photos from the event will be online at www.gaffneyledger.com
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