2022-03-02

The mysteries of Rob Ganz: his brain and his movie




Rob Ganz is living with two mysteries in his brain. One is a puzzle. Another is helping the artistic and former Gaffney police officer exercise a burning need to create before he loses his mind. Ganz was diagnosed with brain atrophy in 2011 following an MRI scan. Brain atrophy is a shrinking of the brain caused by the loss of […]

EASY DOES IT

Grand juries — then and now


From the earliest days of Cherokee County, grand juries played a role not only in handing down indictments, but investigating various county operations, making reports to the presiding judge called a ‘presentment.’ A ‘presentment’ or report is a written statement to the court that are frequently directed at unwholesome situations in the community and occasionally critical of named individuals, according […]

A SOUTHERNWRITER

Miss Emily’s oak

She planted the oak some sixty-eight years ago. Miss Emily was around twenty-six then. The years passed, the tree grew, and today it’s a setting Normal Rockwell would have appreciated. A classic Southern scene, it possesses the requisite charms. A quaint barn sits at the edge of woods. Oak limbs shade a wooden picnic table. A rocker faces a swing […]

READERS ON THE ROAD

Randy and Sandra Tucker took The Ledger along on their recent trip to San Pedro, Belize.

Doris Harris

Doris Elizabeth Norris Harris, formerly of 240 Camellia Circle, was born on January 10, 1943, in Cherokee County, South Carolina. The daughter of the late John Paul Norris, Sr., and late Olivia Amanda Harrison Norris Baker, she was the last of five girls and was followed by three boys. She was baptized at Philadelphia Baptist Church at an early age. […]

Ted Beverly

Ted M. Beverly, 80, of Lake Wateree and formerly of Blacksburg, passed into eternal rest on Sunday, February 27, 2022, with his wife of 43 years, Sheila Mullinax Beverly, at his bedside. Mr. Beverly, a native of Charlotte, NC, was the son of the late Ted R. Beverly and Katherine P. Beverly. In addition to his wife, he is survived […]

Lonnie Quinn

Pacolet, SC — Lonnie Joe Quinn, 52, of 150 Quinn Street, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2022 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Gaffney, he was the son of the late Grady Lewis Quinn, Sr. and Angelia Patricia Spencer, stepson of Patsy Quinn of Pacolet and reared by Dennis and Elizabeth Dye of Pacolet. He was a self-employed […]

Limestone to hold Prayer Walk for Peace

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To show support to its student from the Ukraine, Limestone University will hold a Prayer Walk for Peace on Thursday, March 3, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Camp- Swofford Chapel on campus. Anastasiia Khriapko, a sophomore from Limestone who is a member of the Saints women’s tennis team, is from Kyiv, Ukraine. On February 24, Russia deployed its military […]

Lee University Symphonic Band in concert Sunday

The Lee University Symphonic Band will be in concert Sunday, March 6 at New Harvest Church of God, located at 120 Boiling Springs Hwy. The 6 p.m. concert will be an evening of worship with the 46-piece orchestra and 30 member choir.

Agents: Armed man, 82, shot by deputies in Inman

INMAN, S.C. (AP) — An 82-year-old man with a gun was shot by several police officers at a South Carolina home, investigators said. Spartanburg County deputies were called to a home in Inman for a domestic disturbance before shooting Franklin Leon Moss about 7 p.m. Sunday ,the State Law Enforcement Division said in a news release. Moss remained in the […]