CAR STRIKES TREE HEAD-ON

May 18, 2015 / Front Page

CAR STRIKES TREE HEAD-ON

A 20-year-old Gaffney man was rushed for medical treatment following a Saturday afternoon accident on North Granard Street during which the man’s car left the roadway and struck a large tree he More...

County to vote Wednesday on Blacksburg garbage agreement

By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Staff Writer
larry@gaffneyledger.com

The clock is ticking on one municipality to decide whether to accept or reject the county’s proposal to take over residential curbside solid waste collection throughout the county. The other municipality already has. More...

LifeStyles

Carolina Debutante Society hosts 20th presentation ball

The Carolina Debutante Society of Gaffney presented 10 young women and two young men at its 20th annual presentation ball on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at the Marriott at Renaissance Park in Spartanburg. More...

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Sports

GHS jumper takes 3rd at state meet

By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Sports Editor
larry@gaffneyledger.com

Gaffney’s Melvin Davidson had to settle for third place in the high jump Saturday at the Class 4A state track and field championships at Spring Valley High School in Columbia. That's not too shabby for a senior making his first appearance More...

Back in the Big Game

By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Sports Editor
larry@gaffneyledger.com

Coach J.B. More...

GHS golfers take aim at state title

By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Sports Editor
larry@gaffneyledger.com

The course is a little longer, giving the Gaffney golf team an added challenge in its bid to unseat defending state champion Boiling Springs. The Indians and 14 other challengers will tee off today at the Class 4A state golf championship at Fur More...

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Columns

IT’S JUST ME

Saturday morning golf just won’t be the same

KLONIE JORDAN — Executive Editor
(editor@gaffneyledger.com)

We lost a great part of our regular Saturday morning golf outing with the passing of Donnie Stepp. More...

GUEST COLUMNIST

Ruled by rules: The hidden costs of over-regulation

Say you got a recall notice for your car. You’d naturally be alarmed, especially after reading that the problem involved Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. More...

Readers On The Road

Gladys Mullinax and tina Mullinax took the ledger along on a trip to the Bahamas. Bill & Sylvia Caldwell took the Gaffney ledger with them to the Holland Michigan tulip Festival. More...

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16-year-old murder suspect

WILL BE TRIED AS ADULT

By TIM GULLA
Ledger Staff Writer
tim@gaffneyledger.com

A teenager arrested by Gaffney police and currently being held by the Department of Juvenile Justice in the wake of a fatal May 6 shooting on Cemetery Alley has been charged as an adult, the 7th Circuit Solicitor’s Office confirmed. Mark More...

BHS earns bronze in magazine rankings

By SCOTT POWELL
Ledger Staff Writer
spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Blacksburg High was awarded a bronze medal by U.S. News & World Report in a ranking of the country’s best high schools. More...

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Local News

Chamber names new executive director

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has announced that Jonna L. Blackwell-Turner is its new executive director. More...

New home starts up in March

By LARRY HILLIARD
Ledger Staff Writer
larry@gaffneyledger.com

Home construction continues to show strength in the county. In the latest report of the Homebuilders Association, the group said there were eight new home starts in the county in March, up from six over the same month the year before. More...

Journalist discusses his career covering sports

By SCOTT POWELL
Ledger Staff Writer
spowell@gaffneyledger.com

Ken Burger says he was an “accidental sports writer” because he gave no thought to covering sporting events when he left journalism school in Georgia. He went to a job interview at The Columbia (S.C.) Record, fully intent on landing More...

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